My Story

Hi everyone my name is Marie Nicole I am 38 years old and I was born 11 weeks premature. As a result of my very early birthday I developed a brain hemorrhage and spent the first 3 months of my life in the N.I.C.U. at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; during which time I had my first operation to repair the hemorrhage.When I was one year old I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. As a result of my diagnosis I was put into physical therapy and had what I refer to as my. “Miracle operation when I was 7. The operation allowed me to began walking with a walker a few weeks after the operation Therapy was a weekly part of my life until I was 13.At this point in my life I told my mom that I had had enough of therapy and I wasn’t going anymore because it “sucked” As a result of my attitude and rebellion walking eventually became difficult and as a result i had to have another operation and learn how to walk again at the age of 15

Fast forward to December of 2009. I was 26 and about to end my college career. I was 185 pounds and I used a power chair to Get around campus and I was only able to walk short distances at this time.

I knew that something needed to change so I committed to getting fit and healthy and began my health journey on January 5th 2010

One year late I was blessed with two amazing opportunities! One was a 6 week stint in physical therapy during which time I learned how to walk long distances and the other opportunity was being

selected to be on a tv show called Live Big with Ali Vincent. While I was being motivated and encouraged by the new friends that I had made I trained for and completed my first 5k.In 2014 when the show ended I felt the desire to encourage other the way I had been encouraged to live a health life.

In November of 2014 my cousin introduced me to a friend of hers who was health and fitness coach in February 2015 I became a health and fitness coach and it is a blessing to serve my community #coachmarienicole.com