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"I want to help people lift their spirits and lift themselves."
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Gloria Suardiaz Alvarez - Vice Chair
Gloria Suardiaz Alvarez – Vice Chair
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Gloria Suardiaz Alvarez has been a certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor for over 20 years. Gloria has a great passion for fitness and nutrition and through her energetic group exercise classes, strives to make a positive difference in the lives of others by mixing fun, inspiration, movement, and education about the benefits of exercise.
Gloria has been a breast cancer survivor since 2000 and since then has added another passion to her list: educating people about self awareness, early detection, and helping women that have been given a diagnosis of breast cancer.
She was elected to the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization Board of Directors in 2005, and has held an Officer role as Board Vice Chair since April 2011.
Previous to her fitness career, Gloria worked in computer programming. She is married and has two grown children.
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