Maika earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Nutrition from The Pennsylvania State University and her Masters of Science in Clinical Nutrition from New York University. She completed her dietetic internship at the University of California, Berkeley.

She is a Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration and is licensed with the state of Alabama through the Division of Professional Licensure. In Miami Maika served as President of the South Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics from 2021 to 2022.

Throughout her professional career she has worked in top hospitals for almost 10 years including New York University Langone Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Tufts Medical Center. Since then Maika has been in the outpatient setting meeting 1:1 with clients. Maika specializes in sports nutrition, fertility nutrition, prenatal and post-partum, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and weight management.

Maika is passionate about healthy eating and exercise and believes both can be achieved and enjoyed simultaneously. She is a fitness instructor having taught both indoor cycling and HIIT group workouts. She taught at top studios including Cyclebar, Shred415, Antidote Wellness Labs and Wellhouse Collective. She is currently an instructor at Zoom located in Downtown Huntsville. She loves the ability to be able to express herself on the bike and to be creative with programming her classes. Maika holds NASM-CPT credentials. Prior to teaching group fitness Maika was an avid runner and completed 3 Boston Marathons, 1 New York City Marathon, and 9 half marathons from Boston all the way down to Key Largo, FL. 

Maika has been living in Huntsville since the summer of 2022. She moved with her family from Miami, FL. Maika has two daughters, Lainey and Josie both who were conceived via IVF after multiple rounds of failed egg retrievals. She’s been in the trenches and understands the struggles.