Amira Elhafsi is a certified fitness professional based in San Francisco, CA. Born and raised in Southern California, Amira grew up playing competitive sports, specifically dance and tennis. Upon earning her degree in Biopsychology from UC Santa Barbara, she accepted a role in clinical research at UCSF and made her way up to the Bay Area. Not long after, Amira went on to earn her master’s in Physiology and Biophysics from Georgetown University with the intention of pursuing a medical career. In 2022, Amira returned to SF and made her way into the corporate world after accepting a role for a large-scale Biotech company. Nine months worth of self-reflection later, Amira realized that neither medicine nor Biotech was for her and it was time to make a change.

Fast forward to today, Amira is finally pursuing the fitness career she always knew she wanted. Amira is now a NASM-certified Personal Trainer and ACE-certified Group Fitness Instructor whose strong background in Physiology allows her to take a functional, research-backed approached to fitness…