MEET THE TeaM

Two paths. One movement.

We came to this work from different directions and built something neither of us could have built alone. Function Wellness and DONKS exist because we believe individual growth and community strength aren't separate pursuits. They're the same work, approached from two sides. We're a small team and that's by design. Every session, every program, every relationship carries our fingerprints.


  • Co-founder of Function Wellness & DONKS | Director of Operations & Culture | Lead Trainer

    Carlos has spent over a decade and a half developing movement therapy practices and community programming across diverse populations, from adaptive exercise for neurodegenerative conditions to trauma-informed youth development. A first-generation Honduran American working his way through Colorado's fourteeners, he builds Function Wellness and DONKS the same way he approaches a mountain: with preparation, patience, and the understanding that every person moves at their own pace. Whether he's leading someone through their first boxing session or designing curriculum for a new cohort, Carlos ensures that everything we build serves real transformation, not paperwork.

  • Co-founder of Function Wellness & DONKS | Head of Programming | Lead Trainer

    Emma's gift is seeing exactly where a person is and knowing how to meet them there. Her background in education and adaptive movement coaching shapes every program DONKS builds, from youth empowerment to adaptive boxing for older adults. She designs experiences that adapt to people, not the other way around. Whether she's coaching a Parkinson's participant through a new combination or guiding a young person through their first facilitated conversation about identity, Emma brings the same thing to every room: the belief that every body already knows more than it's been given credit for.