10/09/2026
✨️Another instructor spotlight✨️
Melissa has over 25 years of experience in teaching group fitness classes. She started working at CFC in the early 2000s first as a step aerobics instructor and then as a Zumba and Zumba Toning instructor. Currently she teaches two formats, SHiNE Dance Fitness and SHiNE Light (a lower-impact option of regular SHiNE).
Melissa also has over 30 years of dance experience.🩰 She has trained in ballet, tap, hip hop, and ballroom dancing. She danced competitively in high school, directed her dance troupe in college, and choreographed school musicals as an adult.
Her passion is encouraging others to move their bodies and to let loose on the dance floor 💃
Her credentials include the following:
Bachelor of Education from Shippensburg University
Master of Education as a reading specialist from Shippensburg University
Master of Library and Information Science from Mansfield University
Certified SHiNE Dance Fitness instructor
Certified SHiNE Light instructor
Two-time SHiNE Dance Fitness “Shining Star”
SHiNE Level Up Rock Star Instructor Training participant
SHiNE 10X Training participant
You can join Melissa on the dance floor at the following times:
Tuesdays
SHiNE Light 6:15-7:15 PM
Wednesdays
SHiNE Dance Fitness 6:15-7:15 PM
Melissa's experience, expertise, and energy are such an asset to CFC!
Make sure to let her know below how much you appreciate her ⬇️
