Dancing Away From Diabetes: How Zumba Saved Her Life


Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

November 14, 2012

A Choctaw, plus-size Zumba instructor credits moving to the international beats with regaining her health A Latin-inspired fitness craze has spread from a single aerobics studio in Columbia, South America to over 140,000 locations in 150 countries around the world-including...read more

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

(Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation)

Founder & Editor in Chief

Location: Twin Buttes, North Dakota

Spoken Languages: English

Topic Expertise: Federal trust relationship with American Indians; Indigenous issues ranging from spirituality and environment to education and land rights

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