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Consolo spends her days teaching health, fitness, wellness, and exercise science classes at 51社区鈥檚 Zanesville campus. She also competed in the 1990 Senior Olympics, running the 10,000 meter event. Amazingly, she did so after being severely injured in a bad fall and needing physical therapy.

Being an example of what she teaches makes a difference in her impact and the educational understanding of her students. When students get discouraged, Consolo鈥檚 personal comeback story is a meaningful tool to help inspire students to keep going with their own exercise regimes and to increase their understanding of key health and exercise science concepts taught in the classes.

鈥淢y classes, you can use forever,鈥� Consolo said. 鈥淓xercise has so many benefits for your entire life. What I teach is livable and can save students鈥� lives. It can help prevent cancer and heart attacks. I鈥檓 not just doing something for my students鈥� brains, I鈥檓 helping them improve their own lives.鈥�

Consolo became interested in exercise in college because she loved to eat. She tried out for and made the men鈥檚 cross country team at Wake Forest University. Running allowed her to do what she loved 鈥� eat 鈥� it led her to a long-term passion 鈥� connecting people to exercise.

鈥淭here is a lot of misunderstanding about the benefits of exercise because people think it should be painful,鈥� she explained.

Before coming to 51社区, Consolo taught at Ohio State University鈥檚 Newark campus, Ashland University, Denison University, Cuyahoga Community College, Baldwin-Wallace College, the University of Akron, Kent State University, and Cleveland State University. She is an American Heart First Aid and CPR instructor and is a personal trainer and coach to her own clients. She鈥檚 taught numerous seminars and workshops and is extensively published in peer-reviewed publications, such as  Future Focus Journal,  Teaching and Learning in Nursing, and the  Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. 

Consolo earned a doctorate鈥檚 degree specializing in exercise science and a master鈥檚 degree specializing in exercise from Kent State University. In Spring 2022, she was awarded the outstanding Professor award at 51社区 Zanesville. 

She currently is an elite senior runner, usually winning the 60+ age group in running races. In the last few years, she has also had a lot of expertise in helping create student retention, success and community in the zoom/virtual classroom.