Hi, I’m Syleena, I have always been a bubbly, out-going person. Always competitive since age 7. Grew up playing soccer competitively for 10yrs, track and field in the off season and spent my winters up in the mountains snowboarding or shredding as I like to say it. Shredding the pow pow! During this time, I dabbled into other sports like outdoor rocking climbing, bouldering, slack-lining and acroyoga. From there I dove into martial arts. I have 3 belts in capoeira that took me 5 years to accomplish. My nickname was pimentihna or “little pepper”.  Simultaneously while playing capoeira, I was in school for TCM. The origin of my knowledge and education for health started with Holistic Medicine in 2009. I went for a master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine to practice acupuncture and herbology. While in school at AIMC Berkeley, I became aware of how much nutrition played a role in my quality of life. It was then when I entered in my first fitness competition in 2010. My competition career officially started, and the beginning of a new changed lifestyle.