After traveling and living in various countries across the globe, she is so excited to be back home in Texas! Outside of the gym, Darla stays active with her four kiddos: Eva, Garrison, Autri, and Cailyn and her dog named ’Mini’ Pearl . She drank the kool-aid and fell in love with CrossFit and the community at Fight Tonight CrossFit in Seoul, South Korea in 2015. That love grew and in the summer of 2018 she began coaching. She has enjoyed being able to introduce new athletes to this amazing cult called CrossFit ever since.

Just prior to joining Sandy Lake, she coached at the Military Affiliate CrossFit Aspis, located at SHAPE, Belgium. The NATO Headquarters is located there so in any given class she might have been the only American and coaching to people from six or seven other countries… talk about growing as a coach!

Fun fact, she got to do her Level 1 Seminar at the famed CrossFit Ranch in Aromas, California where the first CrossFit Games were held in 2007!