Priscilla has always had a passion for helping people, and this passion originally lead to a career in physical therapy. Priscilla graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais in Brazil in 2010 with a Bachelor’s in Physical Therapy. After graduation, she started a physical therapy practice working in the same teaching clinic she interned at for the university.

Priscilla directly worked with spine and shoulder orthopedic surgeons, cardiologists, rheumatologists, and gynecologists, for over 10 years helping their patients through the post-surgery rehabilitation process, employing specialized physical therapy techniques. In this time, Priscilla found Pilates to be an integral and necessary tool for physical therapy. She received her certification for Pilates instruction in 2011 from Escola Brasileira de Pilates, in Mat, Reformer, Cadillac, Barrel, and Chair styles of Pilates.

She then worked with multiple physical therapists and Pilates instructors to develop unique diagnostic and treatment strategies that drastically accelerated her patients recovery. She also worked with patients needing intensive care in Brazil’s largest hospital, Unimed.

Through the use of Pilates as a tool to enhance her physical therapy practice, Priscilla realized her true passion for Pilates. Upon migrating to the United States, she decided to pursue Pilates as her full time career, and found MVP.