Catherine Saenz is a doctoral student at The Ohio State University where her focus is on exercise and nutritional sciences. Her research interests include how macronutrient manipulations affect physiology, specifically the interactions of ketogenic diets on metabolism, performance, and overall health and well-being. Catherine earned her Masters in exercise science at the University of Connecticut and earned her Bachelors in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland where she was also a member of the Ballet Company M. She has recently joined the exercise physiology team at REACH, a non- profit organization aimed at providing cancer patients and survivors with evidence based recommendations of physical activity and lifestyle behaviors to optimize survivorship. She is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA and is a STOTT-trained Pilates instructor.