My name is Gina Portolese. I received my bachelor’s degree from Ball State University in 2015, where I majored in journalism and minored in campaign communication and digital publishing. My focus was in photojournalism, which exposed me to a variety of ways to connect and engage with others. My minor in campaign communication allowed me to research further into the field of communication where I developed an interest in rhetoric and teaching. As for my master’s, I will be receiving my degree from the University of Colorado Denver from the communication department in July of 2020. The area of focus I concentrated on was a mixture of social justice, media studies and multimedia journalism.  My learning objective is for my students to demonstrate new communication skills through classroom collaborating, analysis of text and discover unique approaches to interpersonal techniques. 

I have been a personal trainer for 5 years and a group trainer for 7. If you want to read and learn more about my inclusive and form-focused training practices, please visit the page on my website listed as, Personal Training with Me, under Fitness & Wellness. 

Please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]. I respond rather quickly, usually within a day or two.  You can also find me on through my social media. All the buttons are in the left margin that will link you to my direct accounts.