Francesca Gorgone

New York City
Francesca is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Pilates Instructor, and the Owner of Powercore Pilates, a boutique studio in Vienna, Virginia offering Classical Pilates, Personal Training, and Strength Training. Francesca has over 18 years of experience teaching Pilates and Fitness and Bridged to Power Pilates 2010 certified with Bob Liekens and Susan Moran. She teaches Pilates at The Madeira School and became a Power Pilates Teacher Trainer in 2022. Francesca provides individualized workouts for her clients, prioritizing alignment, form and the connection between mind and body. She believes that her diverse cultural background - she is from Washington DC and is half Thai and half Italian - has offered her the wisdom and tools to become strong, motivated, and empathetic. What Francesca loves most about her work is seeing her clients empowered by the results of their sessions together. Her favorite hobby is working out, and she is also a marathon runner, completing the New York Marathon, among others. She loves walking her greyhound, Lazy, and being with her two sons.