Vanessa Schnable turned a favorite hobby into a career when she realized she no longer wanted a desk job. As the Personal Training and Group Exercise Director for ACAC Downtown, she spends her days showing people that working out, no matter how hard it may seem at the time, is worth the effort. She teaches a variety of classes such as boxing, biathlon, water aerobics, and kettlebell conditioning. She also does one-on-one personal training and small and large group sessions. Her own personal favorite workout is running, and she participates in all the local Charlottesville races that she can, including the women’s 4 miler, the Cville Ten Miler, and the Turkey Trot, and has even placed in her age group in several of them. Vanessa grew up in Charlottesville, attended UVa, and hasn’t found a reason to leave yet!