Move Period

Love when folks sport our MOVE. gear❤️
one day at a time we move period💪🏼

We are excited for you to meet our new summer student intern from the University of West Florida, Lauren Toms.

Qualifications-
International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)-Certified Personal Trainer (CPT);
Red Cross CPR/AED/ First Aid;
Graduating July 2026, Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science

Career goals-
On track to be National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), currently a Recreational Fitness Specialist at UWF

Goals and passions-
growing her own food;
serving those around her by teaching and guiding in exercise;
She loves high fantasy media (her favorite book series is LOTR, and she even has Tolkien’s dictionary); mentors youth and is currently a youth leader at Coastline for 8th-grade girls

Reflection: 1999, lost a college softball scholarship while working on an undergraduate degree. Unable to pay for college, no choice but to return home and work, becoming a considerable contributor to taking care of the family through rough times.

Sharing a picture from the workstation 1999-2000
The business: Dayco
Job: Making the heater hose for the 2000 Dodge Intrepid
Shift: Graveyard 11 pm to 7 am, sometimes 11:00 am
Work Partner: Ms. Barbara, 64 years of age

There are always those who will tell you:
You are not worthy, you will never finish school, you will not succeed
These are a few of the phrases shared with me in the past...

Other people’s words do not dictate the person you become.

You (I) do

Despite the dislike for the job each day, understanding the experience is what we make—decided to work hard regardless, learning the assignment, meeting more than the demand for each day .

There are those few who will support you as my work partner, Ms. Barbara did, always!

Forever grateful for the possibility of each day. Forever grateful for the opportunity to grow! Forever grateful for those who care for one another!

to be continued…

~move period

kindness

A decade ago, and another year of summer camp experiences💪🏼 time has flown by…

2026 Summer Camp is near:
moveperiod.com/youth-summer-camp