Born and raised in Southern California, but lived half her life in Canada. Growing up, Kiyomi participated in swimming, gymnastics, karate, soccer, volleyball, softball, football and floor hockey. She spent 17 years running restaurants before deciding to pursue her passion for health and fitness. She completed the CPT course through the ISSA and NASM. Kiyomi has also competed additional courses through NASM including Corrective Exercise, Performance Enhancement, Fitness Nutrition, Weight Loss, Youth Exercise, Senior Fitness and Senior Performance Enhancement. She has also completed her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in Bali of May 2017 and is also certified to teach SUP yoga! Most recently she has been working to complete her Doula certification in order to help support women through the major life event of giving birth.