Healthy Tech: Victoria Rodriguez-Smith
Titusville, Fla., nail tech Victoria Rodriguez-Smith keeps to a raw vegan diet. She’s found that it improves her health and her mood.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHTitusville, Fla., nail tech Victoria Rodriguez-Smith keeps to a raw vegan diet. She’s found that it improves her health and her mood.
For Portland, Ore.-based nail tech Melissa Schumann, horseback riding provides stress relief — which helped her get through cancer treatment.
Arvada, Colo.-based nail tech Michelle Shoemaker figured out how to incorporate exercise and a healthy diet into her life to improve her health.
Nail tech Fran Smith of Glasgow, Scotland, keeps a fitness routine that has allowed her to scale mountains and compete in obstacle course events.
Brooklyn, Mich.-based nail tech Joei Ellis realized working long hours while sitting was taking a toll on her health, so she took steps to ensure she’s able to eat well and exercise around her busy schedule.
After being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, mobile nail tech Tracy Vinson realized she needed to make her health a priority, even if it meant changing her on-the-go lifestyle.
Nail tech Valeria Ramirez hopes to expand her new business while maintaining her commitment to the healthy lifestyle that energizes her and keeps her feeling fit.
Atlanta nail tech Elle Birchfield teaches pole dancing to stay in shape.
Amazing Nail Concepts educator Lori Ryan gained weight after she transitioned careers and went through menopause, resulting in her choosing convenience over health.
Angela Turner is a licensed nail professional, an education ambassador for CND, and is also a competitive bodybuilder.
After gravitating toward vegetarianism and picking up Pilates, Hilary Dawn Herrera realized her newfound energy had a positive impact on both her personal life and career.
Still happily working fulltime at 71 years old, Arizona-based nail tech Sally Callaghan-Hayward has always lived an active life. Her decision to make health a priority early in her career has afforded her a nail career spanning over four decades.
A nail tech at collaborative co-op Stash House, Senthia Rodriguez uses boxing and balance balls to improve her core strength as she envisions staying healthy throughout a long career in nails.
Elizabeth Morris discusses hobbies that provide a good outlet outside of nails.
Sarah Mason, a nail tech in Cape Cod, Mass., instantly became a workout fanatic after diving into the fitness scene in an effort to tone up before her wedding two years ago. With a bodybuilding competition under her belt, Mason is putting extreme fitness on hold while she develops her mobile nail business, but health is still at the forefront of her priorities.
While raising two children as a single mom, fitness was the last thing on Ohio-based nail tech Kelly Rogacki’s mind. But as her daughters grew up and needed less care, she decided it was time to start caring more for herself.
Although Pennsylvania nail tech Amy Manker ate a healthy diet, her body had become weak due to lack of exercise and years of long hours spent sitting down. On the hunt for an exercise she didn’t loathe, she discovered cardio hooping, thanks to her daughter.