Lucero Barry

Lucero Barry is a certified Pilates instructor.  She taught for 7 years at Golden Gate Pilates in San Francisco and left recently to open her own studio Pilates Works.

Lucero received a BFA in dance from the Boston Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985.  After her graduation, she moved to New York City, where she spent 8 years studying and teaching dance.  In 1989, the Pilates Method became a part of her life.  In January 2000 she completed the instructor certification program at The Pilates Studio of New York, which required 600 hours of apprenticeship under the guidance of Romana Kryzanowska, a devotee and pupil of Joseph Pilates as well as Bob Leikens, a master teacher of the Pilates method. Lucero practices yoga and vipassana meditation. 

Angela Gifford

Angela first became aware of Pilates while in college receiving her B.A. in Dance.  After college she moved to New York City to pursue her dance career.  It was there that she joined the New York Guild Certification Program under the tutelage of Joseph Pilates' disciple, Master Teacher Romana Kryzanowska as well as Bob Liekens.  After more than 600 hours of apprenticeship and many rigorous tests she went on to teach at Tribeca Bodyworks in Manhattan.

Since leaving New York Angela has taught in both Newport Beach and Irvine, California as well as guest teaching on Nantucket Island.  Back home in San Francisco Angela has spent the past 5 years teaching at Golden Gate Pilates.

Over the years, Angela has taught many women through their pregnancy, some until the day before delivery!  She has seen how Pilates helped these mothers stay strong and flexible.  Last fall, she experienced the benefits first hand during the birth of her daughter.