2022 UNCF National Walk for Education – Toledo
Walk for Education? Let’s Go!
HELLO, Toledo!
Make a difference while practicing social distancing—walk, run, cycle, dance—all in honor of UNCF, our students and schools. Join us in person for the Toledo Walk and help UNCF raise funds to support our HBCUs and students.
Celebrate with your family, friends and coworkers. Let’s build better futures one step at a time.
The UNCF Walk for Education is a nationwide initiative to raise the critical funds UNCF needs to fulfill our mission of support to our member HBCUs and to help our students to become active participants of society through a high-quality education.
Presented by UNCF Cleveland
Erika White is a fitness enthusiast and motivator that developed her passion for fitness while working to develop a healthier lifestyle for both she and her family. Her fitness journey, as a wife and mother, began in her own struggle with obesity, weighing 240 pounds and wearing a size 22. That journey led her through all the stereotypes, myths, and struggles that many who are overweight continue to battle their entire life.
“Being fat, which is what I was, enabled me to fully understand not just what it looks like to be fat, but what it feels like; from the doubt, depression, relapses, & frustration in attempting to make even the simplest change to your lifestyle. It is easy to say I should have never let myself get to this point; BUT, easy won’t get you results, change will!”
Along her journey, while maintaining an over 70-pound weight loss, Erika decided to become a certified instructor to begin to help other from ground zero. She initially created the Fitzone brand to motivate and teach classes designed from her own weight loss experiences. Today, the Fitzone Brand has expanded to television appearances, public speaking, community partnerships, and most purposefully, working to improve the health and health access to those in low income areas.
Erika’s Fitzone brand is focused on continuing to help women & families achieve the goal of overall health and positive living. Her mantra is: Educate, Motivate, Demonstrate! She is honored to be recognized in her community as the “fitness lady” and having the opportunity to share her inspiring message with so many others
Erika was invited as a recurring guest for the popular cooking and lifestyle show, Rebecca Regnier’s Full Plate and even privately piloted her own Fitzone Fitness show for one season. Currently, you can watch Erika every week on 13ABC noon news segment, “Ask the Expert”, as the health & fitness expert.
Erika has also worked as a featured contributor for the Minority Health Publication, Boomers, and Zuri Hall’s AlphaBabe Brand. Erika is designing her own website, www.ErikaWhite.net , where she continues writing content, blogging, and vlogging about health and wellness for the community.
Erika believes to whom much is given, much is expected. She volunteers for various organizations and serves as the Health Chair for the executive committee of the Toledo NAACP; as an Advisory Board member for the Ohio Unity Coalition and the African American Male Wellness Walk Initiative; and, as the Chair for the Healthy Lucas County Executive Committee.
Erika is a certified instructor in General Aerobics, Turbo, HipHopHustle, PiYo, & Cycling. She also holds certifications/certificates in CPR/AED, Personal Training, ASIT, Sports Nutrition, Weight Loss, Personal Nutrition, Advanced Nutrition, and a National Certificate in Nutrition and is a Senior at the University of Wisconsin majoring Health & Wellness Management.
