The Ramp. It. Up! Podcast

SCI Awareness Month: Alfredo Iglesias

September 17, 2020 Guest: Alfredo Iglesias Season 1 Episode 10
The Ramp. It. Up! Podcast
SCI Awareness Month: Alfredo Iglesias
Show Notes

On this episode of The Ramp. It. Up! Podcast we are celebrating September, SCI Awareness Month, by speaking with Alfredo Iglesias, President and Co-founder of iAm Able Fitness.

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Meet the founders

 Alfredo Iglesias – Alfredo has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. He developed product prototypes for Lutron Electronics. With over ten years of experience in the computer industry, he developed many skills from technical to business. But life took him in another direction sustaining a spinal cord injury. After realizing the need for help his friends and peers faced, he created iAm ABLE Fitness. With this mission he has been focused on improving the quality of life for his peers in the paralysis community.


Michelle Iglesias – Michelle has a Bachelor of Health Services Administration. She has over twelve years of experience administrating health offices. During her experience she managed private practices for general practitioners, women’s health, and geriatrics. She developed an understanding of the health care system. She is also a full-time caregiver to her husband with a spinal cord injury. Together they founded iAM ABLE Fitness to help others through the challenges of spinal cord injury. Her understanding, empathy, and experience helped her to successfully drive this mission.

 

In 2008, our founder Alfredo Iglesias was injured on his honeymoon after a swim gone wrong. He sustained a paralyzing injury dramatically changing his life. The transition was difficult, but throughout that time he learned of needs and challenges faced by the community. With this firsthand knowledge, he set out to build a socially driven organization to meet this population’s need.


Since establishing in 2012, iAM ABLE has provided mentorship and training to over 120 participants through more than 10,000 hours of direct service. Our programming has directly resulted in both positive mental and physical effects in the participant’s lives including regaining independence, furthering their education, returning to work, and boosting daily health. The founders of iAM ABLE understand the need for mentoring and activity-based therapy.


https://www.facebook.com/iAmAbleFitness

https://www.iamable.org/

https://www.instagram.com/iamablefitness/


Contact iAm Able Fitness

14241 SW 120 ST Suite #107
Miami, FL 33186
305-283-971
alfredo@iamable.org


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