Lita Pepion, Fitness Specialist

Lita studied pre-medicine and biology at the University of Portland and the University of Nevada – Reno where she received a B.S. in Biology and was selected as one of the Top Ten Senior Women. She studied medicine at the University Of Minnesota School Of Medicine in Minneapolis and completed clinical internships at Washoe Medical Center in Reno, Nevada and Indian Health Service Clinics in Nevada, South Dakota and Montana. Lita is working toward a M.Ed. specializing in curriculum development.

She owns and operates CRL Health & Fitness, LLC, a health and fitness consulting firm providing education, program development and evaluation services to Tribes and agencies serving Native American and Alaska Native people. She is a licensed teacher and dynamic presenter, as well as a certified professional rescuer and a YMCA certified fitness instructor (currently teaching various fitness classes at the Billings Family YMCA).

An active member of the American Council on Exercise and IDEA Health & Fitness Association, Lita also serves on the Board of Health for the Yellowstone City-County Health Department and the Billings Public Schools Indian Parent Advisory Committee. She also volunteers for Montana Women Vote and the Native American Development Corporation’s Health Committee, which is working to address the issues of poverty as it relates to the health of Urban Indians in Billings, Montana.

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