Simone is an L1 C4CP certified coach, originally hailing from Tampa, FL. She first discovered climbing as a child, and practically begged her parents to take her to the gym every weekend. She competed as a multi-sport athlete throughout her youth, participating in Soccer, Flag Football, Swimming, and more. It wasn’t until college, searching for a sport to keep her active, did she rediscover climbing, and she has been hooked ever since.
Since then she has climbed all over the country, and has been working as a competitive climbing coach. She began her coaching journey in Pittsburgh, and is now currently coaching the Competitive and Non-Competitive teams at CRG’s Manhattan locations. Simone graduated with a degree in Directing for the Theatre, and has an extensive background in the arts. She approaches climbing and coaching with an emphasis on movement, mindset, and performance. She has experience working with climbers of all ages, experience levels, and sizes, and wants to help create lifelong and self-sufficient climbers.
Simone has an extensive background in sports, training for sports, and programming, and can help anyone meet their fitness and strength goals. She is a hypermobile climber, and greatly values strength and conditioning for climbing performance and injury prevention.