Hannah Hillard | Instructor

Hannah is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor. She is a HAES (Health at Every Size) aligned RDN with specialized training in Intuitive Eating. She just recently obtained her Group Fitness Instructor cert and is also CPR/AED certified. Hannah and her husband have a daughter, Frankie, and a rambunctious Giant Schnauzer, Winston. They are a military family that enjoys doing all things outdoors. Hannah found SLAM on Oahu just 6 weeks prior to moving off-island and immediately jumped into SLAM Anchorage when they arrived in July 2024. Hannah’s favorite way to workout is to run but she has been really enjoying consistently incorporating weights again since being at SLAM Anchorage. “I am really happy with my decision to jump into SLAM upon arriving in Alaska. This is by far the quickest I have found a supportive community, where I feel included and valued, following a military move. The women at SLAM Anchorage rock.”

Kate Genton | Yoga Instructor

Kate has been an active athlete her whole life. She was recruited to play volleyball in college and became interested in the mind body connection, which lead to her focus on dance therapy classes and a degree in Psychology. After college she started coaching youth, club and high school volleyball while taking yoga classes with an amazing teacher and mentor who suggested she earn her 200 hour certification in Vinyasa yoga at CorePower Yoga in Falls Church, VA.

She graduated from her Yoga Alliance certified program in 2014 and continued on to the extensions program to teach at Core Power Yoga. Within a year Kate was teaching at several yoga studio and gym locations in the DC metro area. She went on to earn a 100-hour certification in Yin yoga and traveled to Kripalu in Stockbridge, MA, to obtain her certification in Thai Yoga Massage from Lotus Palm. 

In 2018, while living in Yorktown, Virginia, Kate worked as an assistant studio manager at a small yoga studio. There she expanded her teaching to include Yoga with weights, gentle yoga and Chair yoga on top of her vinyasa and yin classes. In 2019 she started teaching classes for a small personal training gym, with a special focus on what the clients needed to improve flexibility and mobility for their specific workouts. 

In 2022 Kate moved to Anchorage with her Husband and their first child. She heard of S.L.A.M. through two moms when their kids were in swim lessons together. A few weeks later she went with another friend to their Open house. In 2023, she was asked to teach a yoga class and now gets to share her passion with the S.L.A.M community. Kate now has two kids and is so glad she found S.L.A.M, “I have no idea what I would have done without them, I definitely wouldn’t have gotten out to do and see as much as I have without the awesome community they have built. They are an amazing group of mamas who inspire me all the time!” 

Kaitlin Monsalve | Owner & Instructor

Kaitlin is a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer and Group Fitness
Instructor, a Women’s Fitness Specialist, Corrective Exercise Specialist, and is also CPR/AED certified. She has been working as a personal trainer in the health and fitness industry for over 10 years. Kaitlin has always been passionate about fitness but after becoming a mom she really began a new approach. Incorporating heavier weights and mobility into her classes is her favorite. She loves to help empower mamas to feel like their strongest self and maybe try an exercise or two that they didn’t realize they could do. “I love being part of this community and being a part of these amazing women’s health and fitness journeys. Alaska just wouldn’t be the same without SLAM.”