I was born on February 23, 1970 in Montreal, Québec. I lived in Montreal until the age of 21, then I moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia to attend University. I returned to Montreal six years later with a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science.

I own a supplement shop and juicebar with my fiancé, Yan Michelin, who is also a bodybuilder. We both work as Personal Trainers at the same gym in LaPrairie, Québec.

I started lifting weights at 20 years of age. Even before bodybuilding I was always active. I loved (still do) playing sports especially softball. I played on an elite team when I was a teen. I started lifting weights because I wanted to lose fat and get my body in shape. I trained for eight years before I decided to compete.

People sometimes ask why I didn’t compete sooner. It’s because although I loved to train, I was so busy with school and work. I didn’t feel ready yet, but I knew I would compete one day.

In 1998, Benoit Brodeur (the president of the Quebec Bodybuilding Federation) approached me at the gym and asked me if I wanted to compete for Quebec. Benoit then introduced me to my first coach, Roger Leveiller. I entered my first contest in June 1998 at the age of 28. It was the Regional competition and I won the Heavyweight and Overall titles.

Three weeks later I entered the Provincials and again won the Heavyweight and Overall titles. I took two years off before entering the Canadian Bodybuilding Championships in the year 2000. I placed 4th and realized that at the National level I had to come in much more ripped! So two years later I came back to the Nationals and came in 2nd. This time I was more defined but was pretty flat and lost muscle mass (due to bad preparation on my part). But still I knew I could compete in much better shape.

My coach was Leo Defruscia for those contests (2000 and the last 4 weeks of 2002). He too, like Roger was a great coach. But at that time a lot was going on in my life and it was difficult for me to give 100% into my training and dieting. It wasn`t until this year, 2004, my 5th contest, that I felt I had trained and given 100% to my preparation. As any bodybuilder will tell you, competing is a FULL TIME job!

This time I had all the right surroundings; my job, great sponsors and my very supportive fiancé, Yan. He helped me out tremendously. My coach is Robert Joubert, who’s simply an amazing coach. I was introduced to him by IFBB Pro Sophie Duquette who was also trained by him for many years. She told me on numerous occasions that Robert was the reason for her great success. Now I understand what she meant. As any good coach knows, the more you work with an athlete, the better you know the athlete and the better they will perform.

Robert assures me that I will come in much better condition at the Pro level. I plan to compete in 2005, but I’m not sure which show I will do. As soon as I decide I will definitely let everyone know!