I’m Amy and I was born and raised in southwest Michigan (I’ve lived in the same 30 minute radius my whole life!). I live here with my husband of over 10 years, our 2 dogs (both dachshunds with Harry Potter themed names) and soon, our baby Fish (a human child coming late in 2025).

Let’s start with my fitness story- I grew up enjoying sports but never played super competitively due to attending a small school.  While in college, I started out as an English major with the intention to go into editing but while I was taking a general health and wellness course, I started working at the gym at the community college and was challenged by my instructor to consider “Exercise Science” (to which I replied “what is that? I don’t like science” haha).

I ended up changing my major to Exercise Science and even earned my Master of Science in Exercise Physiology.  I worked full time in the fitness industry until 2021 with a passion for group fitness because of the way it brings so many people together from all walks of life.

I also joined the Les Mills US Trainer/Assessor/Presenter (TAP) team in 2019 and I still enjoying teaching Les Mills classes a couple days per week while also training and assessing some of my favorite programs.

In 2017, I asked my best friend to help me with a bucket list goal- to complete a RunDisney event. So we signed up for the 2018 Princess Half Marathon weekend. While I enjoyed Disney movies as a child, I was not raised in a “Disney” family or would have even considered myself a Disney adult. I had taken a few trips over the years but honestly this was the start of me becoming a Disney adult and realizing I needed a little more magic in my own life.

At this time, I was also working multiple jobs in the fitness industry and often gone 60+ hours per week. My husband and I were trying to start a family and I knew my current work schedule was not going to be conducive for the lifestyle we wanted for our future child.

I took my RunDisney Princess trip in 2018 and was hooked (I signed up for the Wine and Dine race weekend for later that year within a week of returning home).  While planning these trips, I actually had been working with a couple different travel agents on the different trips and was disappointed with the service offered.

Enter Goofy Getaways towards the end of 2017…

I had actually reached out to one of the agents on the team- Kelly Fales for a quote to visit Walt Disney World and was so impressed by her service and professionalism.  Because I was also doing some planning on the other trips, I began to research what was involved in being a travel agent.  Was this something I could do from home?  What kind of education and experience was needed?

I applied and interviewed with Goofy Getaways and was initially asked to wait.  I continued to research other agencies but I knew Goofy Getaways was going to be home for me.

In June 2018, I officially started with Goofy Getaways as a travel consultant.  Since that time, I worked hard to grow my business to a level where I could take a dramatic step back from the fitness industry and work full-time from home. I also stepped into leadership roles with Goofy Getaways through the years and I am currently our Vice President of Communication and Development- which means I run our social media platforms and my main focus for the agency is to help the agency grow by developing our agents!

Fast forward to 2025, my husband and I are finally expecting our first (human) child and thanks to the amazing clients I’ve had with Goofy Getaways, I am able to have the flexibility to work full-time from home.  I am able to support my clients from my home office (or couch sometimes because pregnancy is hard…) and help them find magical destinations to explore.