Artemis has been working in the Fitness Industry for over 17 years. She made a drastic career change and left her job as an IT Consultant in order to pursue a career in fitness and never looked back. Working in an office did not suit her as she has been an athlete all of her life. Artemis was a ballet dancer for 23 years; she began training in Classical Ballet, Russian Technique, at the age of four, and continued on to study various types of dance with the Boston Ballet. After receiving her BA from the George Washington University in Washington, DC, Artemis relocated to New York City for two years. While living in New York City, Artemis worked and trained closely with celebrity trainer Ary Nunez, (Nike Sponsored Athlete, owner of Gotham Global Fitness LLC and personal trainer to celebrities such as Rihanna). At that time, Artemis decided to hang up her ballet shoes in order to study Kung Fu.

Artemis started her martial arts journey studying Southern Shaolin style Kung Fu with a focus on the Five Animal System. Artemis returned to her University town of Washington, DC in 2005 where she began to study T’ien Shan Pai style Kung Fu and Contemporary Wu Shu. She competed in her first two Kung Fu competitions in June and September of 2007 where she won three gold medals and one silver medal.

In 2009, while living in Washington, DC, Artemis obtained her Black Belt in T’ien Shan Pai style Kung Fu and Contemporary Wu Shu. Artemis will attest that next to training and testing for her Hardstyle Kettlebell Instructor Certification, obtaining her Kung Fu Black Belt was one of the most challenging accomplishments that she has ever achieved.

In 2011, Artemis’ love for kettlebells and strength training drove her to open her own hardstyle kettlebell and training gym in Boston, Massachusetts, Iron Body Studios, with her husband, fellow StrongFirst Instructor and Athletic Trainer, Eric Gahan. In addition, after she completed the Iron Maiden Challenge in 2014 (she was the ninth woman in the world to complete the Iron Maiden Challenge between StrongFirst and the RKC and the lightest and smallest woman to date as of July 25, 2014 to complete The Challenge), Artemis created her own women’s strength workshop, I Am Not Afraid To Lift®. Her mission was to educate women about the importance of strength training, about how to strength train properly, and to help them to feel empowered and build a strong mindset through strength training. Artemis believes that the self-efficacy and confidence that you build in the weight room carries over into all areas of life. Over the past 6 years, she has taught dozens of her Lift® workshop to hundreds of women, both nationally and internationally.

Artemis and her husband closed Iron Body Studios in 2016 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada so that her husband could accept a Head Therapist position with Cirque du Soleil. Shortly after arriving in Vegas, Artemis also accepted a position with Cirque du Soleil to work as a Performance Conditioning Specialist in support of their Las Vegas resident show KÀ. Due to the demand of her online coaching and workshop business, Artemis stepped down from her position as the dedicated strength and conditioning coach for KÀ because she could no longer handle the demands of her online business along with her responsibilities at Cirque du Soleil.

After leaving Cirque du Soleil, Artemis solely dedicated herself 100% to her online coaching and workshop business. Within a short 10 months she grew her online business from less than $30k to over $100k.  

After 17 total years (12 years full-time and 8 years online) in the Fitness Industry building multiple successful businesses from a flourishing business in a commercial gym setting, to owning and operating her own fitness facility, an internationally successful women’s strength workshop, and a lucrative 6-figure online business, NOW Artemis coaches Fitness Professionals, through 1:1 Business Coaching and Mentorship programs, how to transition online and/or build their online coaching businesses to $100k and beyond.