From a young age, Amber was very ambitious. At the age of 3 years old, she started to participate in dance classes such as ballet, jazz, and acrobats. She continued on this venture, joined a competitive dance team, and participated in a national dance competition in Orlando, Florida by the age of 9. Amber always loved being active and began playing sports such as softball, basketball, volleyball and cheerleading. In high school she was a member of a traveling volleyball team and participated in the national volleyball competition in San Diego, California, placing 2nd out of eighty-eight teams.

While attending Princeville High School, Amber was involved in a coop program that allowed her to take classes from Illinois Central College and obtain her Nurse’s Aide certification. After obtaining the certification she began her career working in healthcare as a C.N.A. at Methodist Family Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois. After graduating from high school in May of 2003, Amber attended Illinois Central College for a year before transferring to Illinois State University, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science.

While attending ISU, Amber has been involved in many extracurricular activities including dancing on Illinois State’s JC Divas Dance Troupe, acting as events coordinator for Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, and even the more extreme activities such as jumping with the ISU Skydiving Club and traveling to Australia to do volunteer work.

Amber started her career in the exercise science field in the spring of 2006, when she was a practicum student for the ISU Wellness Program. After completing this practicum, Amber was asked to stay as an aerobics instructor. She is currently a Graduate Assistant in the Wellness department at ISU and hopes to take the knowledge she has gained into her future career in this field.