Empowering Students Through Fitness and Leadership
Meet Our Coaches
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Alyssa Amaral, Founder& CEO
Alyssa Amaral brings more than 15 years of experience working with children and adolescents, combining her background as an entrepreneur, coach, youth mentor, teacher, and speaker with a Bachelor's degree in Child & Adolescent Psychology. Her experience as a former collegiate basketball player, CrossFit coach, elementary school teacher, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Trainer, and STRTP Administrator has given her deep understanding of how to support children through challenges, build resilience, and meet each child where they are. Her extensive experience working with youth from diverse backgrounds challenges, makes her uniquely qualified to lead Project Wonder.
At the heart of Alyssa's work is a genuine belief that every child deserves to be seen, encouraged, challenged, and believed in. She founded Project Wonder with the vision of creating more than better athletes- she wants to help children become more confident compassionate, resilient, extraordinary human beings. Through consistent encouragement, meaningful relationships, accountability, and opportunities to overcome challenges, Alyssa creates an environment where children learn to believe in themselves and lead with character. Her passion extends beyond coaching; she equips coaches, parents, and communities to help young people grow, making her leadership of Project wonder deeply rooted in both experience and heart.
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Serra Trovao
Coach Serra has been involved in the CrossFit community for the past five years and she is passionate about using fitness to help others grow in confidence, resilience, and character. Through Project Wonder, she loves to create a fun environment where every child feels supported and challenged to become the best version of themselves. Serra's favorite part of coaching is watching athletes accomplish things they never thought were possible and seeing the confidence that comes from those moments.
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Johnny Medina
Johnny has been coaching both personal competitive athletes and classes for well over 12+ years now. He has worked with a wide variety of skill levels from elderly, special needs, and elite athletes. That is what he loves most about coaching and training, it is available for anyone at any level all it takes is effort and giving your best.
Outside of training he is a husband and father of 2. He loves going out and making memories, spending time with them.
He is also a big music lover! He was in a hardcore metal band as a vocalist and might try to get it started again for fun.
What he loves about coaching at project wonder is the relationships they get to build with the kids so they can know they have someone who will always believe in them and push them to become their best version. As a kid growing up working out, he understands how important encouragement and belief is in a child’s development and that’s where our coaches stand for them.