​Hi, my name is Marisa!
I was born and raised in beautiful Puerto Rico where I went to college for Accounting and Finance and worked briefly as a CPA in a Public Accounting firm. I then moved to Chicago in 1999 and after trying a few yoga classes, fell in love with the practice and decided to pursue a yoga teacher training. A couple of years later, I left the corporate accounting world and
became a full-time yoga teacher and studio manager.

Around that time, my husband and I were trying to conceive with no luck. After a miscarriage, I was advised to try acupuncture and maybe “change my diet”. Thinking I knew how to eat healthily, I wasn’t sure about that, however, I tried it as I was desperate! A few months later, my cycles changed and we conceived our first daughter naturally. Other health issues started
clearing up and I became a true believer that the body has immense power to heal, given the right conditions.

This led me to my first training at the Nutrition Therapy Institute, and later a Health Coaching training through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
I developed my own business as a Health Coach in the city of Chicago, where I worked with many clients to heal and achieve their goals of fertility, cardiovascular health, pre/diabetes, psoriasis, skin conditions, gut dysfunction, nutrition for children, hormonal issues, and much
more. I also offered online group cleanse programs that were very popular and life-changing for many!

In 2018, we left the city to come to my husband’s home state and start an organic farm in Wheatland, WI. Today I wear many hats. I am the business partner in our farm business, a very busy mom of 2 daughters, and continue to learn and practice all that I have learned in yoga and meditation, as
well as my holistic health and nutrition studies. As our farm business has become more established, I have found myself more open to getting back to my “roots” and passions and offering nutrition and health coaching services, yoga and meditation classes, and retreats, as well as other holistic health workshops and classes. I’m excited to start my journey at Healing Grounds, alongside so many amazing practitioners. That can all help YOU in your health and healing paths!