Emiliana Guerra flew to Florida for a competition and never went home. She learned English coaching CrossFit classes, recruited her boyfriend onto the Lions after four years of asking, and just opened the gym she had been dreaming about since her gymnastics days in Venezuela. The league’s youngest badass tells the whole story herself.

“I just feel like I came to a competition, and I stayed.”

Emiliana Guerra

From Venezuela to the Lions to opening Tropical Fitness. 6 minutes.