Mariana struggled her whole life with the pursuit of her own vision and fulfilling the expectations of others . Whether it was the expectations of her family or her partner. In her toughest moments she would lean on her love for running but in other moments her outlet was smoking . At times it was both .

Smoking was something she hid from the outside world . It didn't match up to their expectations . But even that would change when she moved back to New York for a second time setting a firm flag in the ground for chasing and realizing her own dreams. Mariana's Take The Hill story is about finding the will and the courage to rebel against outside expectations in pursuit of your own happiness . Mariana Fernandez was instrumental in the launching of Spanish language content at Peloton and taught the first Spanish language class for yoga on the platform