MEET OUR TEAM

Meet the dynamic team behind MOVEFIT LAB! Our dedicated professionals are passionate about helping you achieve your athlete goals.

SPORT SCIENCE TEAM

Shon Hsu

CSCS, MFPP, HBSc

Shon is a Strength and Conditioning Specialist and sports scientist that focuses on facilitating efficient movement strategies - specifically change of direction ability. He uses a data-driven and evidence-informed approach to understanding athletes' movement analysis, in doing so, help athletes develop and optimize performance.

Dan Villaluz

PTS, BASc.

Dan is a performance coach and sport scientist that aims to create a conducive training environment for growth and development. Dan believes this is a collaborative process, where his role entails helping athletes manage pain and perform better. He has experience working with athletes from diverse sporting backgrounds and hopes to continue expanding his depth of knowledge. Dan has completed his undergraduate degree in Kinesiology and believes that learning is a lifelong commitment believing each experience in life teaches you something. He is happy and excited to be part of the MoveFit Lab team!

COACHES TEAM

Ariel Zhu

HBSc, MSc, CSCS

Ariel is a Kinesiology and Health Promotion student at Sheridan College with a background in Nutritional Science and Human Biology from the University of Toronto and a Master’s in Analytics. She is a competitive amateur boxer and certified Boxing Ontario Level 1 Coach, with experience coaching both youth and adult athletes. At MoveFit Lab, Ariel combines her passion for performance training and data-driven coaching to support athlete development and contribute to the team.

David Zhao

CFSC, RK, MFPP

David graduated from University of Toronto with a kinesiology degree, acquiring good experience of personal training and working with athletes. He is experienced with training teenage athletes and succeeded in helping athletes achieve their performance goals. During the one-year internship as an athletic therapist with the Varsity Blue Football team, he encountered various injuries in sport settings and dealt with experience and knowledge. He also practiced taping skills that can help prevent injuries across different body parts and enhance athletes' performances. David also worked in the physiotherapy clinic for years and he is familiar with movement assessment and rehabilitation treatment.

Deanna Barrett

Deanna-Kaye Barrett is a University of Western Ontario graduate with a degree in Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences. She is strongly interested in sports performance assessments and aims to help athletes achieve their physical and career goals through physical fitness. During her 4th year at university, Deanna-Kaye completed her practicum experience with the Western Mustangs Women’s Basketball and Rugby teams as one of their Strength and Conditioning coaches and is presently working with various high schools as a sports medic. Deanna-Kaye also has been teaching swimming for the past 7 years, helping individuals improve their skills for both recreational and competitive swimming. She is persuing of her Registered Kinesiologist license with the College of Kinesiology of Ontario and plans to take her Strength and Conditioning Coach certification in the future. She believes that having a good mentor can facilitate good performance and works hard to do her best for the clientele at Movefit Lab.

Ian Warner Sr.

CPT, MFPP

As a former football, track, and bodybuilding athlete, Ian turned his love of sport into a successful coaching career. His early experience involved coaching football at the high school and club levels. Over 30 years in, Ian can apply coaching principles and his philosophy to guiding athletes from various backgrounds, focusing on speed and power sports, using what he has learned from mentors in the Track and field space.

Jaye Pan

CSCS

Jaye is a Strength and Conditioning Coach with a background in varsity sports and youth athlete development. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Physical Education from the University of Toronto, along with a diploma in Fitness & Health Promotion from Humber College. Jaye has experience coaching both collegiate and youth athletes, with a focus on performance enhancement and movement quality.

As a rugby and basketball athlete herself, Jaye brings first-hand athletic experience to her coaching practice. Her training philosophy centers on improving performance while reducing injury risk, guided by Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) principles. She is currently pursuing her CSCS certification and specializes in functional training, basketball, rugby, and youth athletic development.

Shane Sheng

CSCS

Shane is a National First-Class Basketball Athlete with over five years of international coaching experience. With a background in Kinesiology from York University, she combines elite-level playing experience with a proven track record in youth and team development across both China and Canada. Her coaching approach integrates sports science principles with a deep understanding of athlete development, making her a valuable asset in competitive and grassroots basketball programs.

Victor Low

CPT, BRM, FST

Victor began his fitness career in the commercial gym setting, working with the general public. However, his passion for performance and sports science led him to pursue dedicated studies in these fields. Using his own body as a test subject, Victor explored and applied advanced training techniques, allowing him to gain a deeper and more in-depth understanding of performance optimization.

Through his personal experience, Victor unlocked his true calling in the performance and sports science realm. This realization motivated him to shift his focus from general fitness to a more data-driven, goal-oriented approach. His journey has led him to Movefit Lab, where he intends to leverage his past experience working with a broad clientele and focus on achieving measurable, high-performance results for athletes and goal-focused individuals.

Victor’s commitment to understanding human performance is backed by both hands-on experience and a passion for helping clients maximize their potential. Whether working with athletes or those pursuing specific fitness goals, he combines his knowledge with cutting-edge techniques to create personalized, results-driven programs.

REHABILITATION TEAM

Michael Leung

Registered Physiotherapist, BScHons.Kin, BScHons.Sci, MScPT, CSCS, CP-S

Michael Leung received his Masters of Physical Therapy from Western University. Prior to his Physiotherapy degree, he completed his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology receiving Dean’s Honours, and Bachelor of Science in Science with a Biology minor at the University of Waterloo.

Michael has had the opportunity to work with high-level athletes during his physiotherapy degree and has grown an interest in working with athletes of all ages and preoperative and postoperative surgical candidates. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and he is a Champion Performance Specialist (CP-S). Michael also completed additional concussion management education, and he is currently pursuing his levels in the AIM (Advanced Integration of Musculoskeletal) physiotherapy program.

Michael believes in meeting his patients at their level, and working as a team to create effective treatment plans to return to sport, work, or any other activities they love. He utilizes a combination of education, manual therapy techniques, acupuncture, and carefully crafted exercise prescriptions to empower his patients to meet their goals. In his spare time, Michael enjoys going to the gym, swimming, basketball and trying new activities.

Shejza Mino

DC, C-PS, BKin

Dr. Shejza Mino is an evidence-based chiropractor, neurofunctional electro-acupuncture practitioner & a Champion Performance Specialist. Her clinical practice focuses on sport injury management, rehabilitation protocols for safe return-to-play, as well as performance therapy for athletic optimization.

MARKETING AND MEDIA TEAM

Esther Chen

MSOCSCI (COMMUNICATION)

Esther is a Marketing and Communications Specialist with international experience in health and wellness promotion. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Science (Communication) from the National University of Singapore, with dual specializations in Global Media Communication and Strategic Communication. Esther has led marketing and program development in both Hong Kong and Singapore, including the creation of a long-term wellness initiative that impacted over 1,000 participants.

With a strong interest in wellness education and brand storytelling, Esther brings a strategic and community-centered approach to her work at Movefit Lab. Her focus lies in connecting people to movement, performance, and well-being through thoughtful campaigns and content.

Joey De Leon

RMT

Joey is a Visual Content Creator with over 12 years of experience in photography and 5 years in videography and cinematography. His expertise spans portrait, lifestyle, adventure, and branding photography, with a growing focus on visual storytelling through sports, events, interviews, and short documentaries.

Joey’s work bridges creative expression and strategic communication, having collaborated with corporate marketing teams to produce on-brand digital campaigns, social content, and visual assets from concept to post-production. He is passionate about crafting media that informs, engages, and inspires—whether capturing authentic moments or building a brand’s visual identity.