CreativeMornings/Columbus / Rokki Bonner

Racquel “Rokki” Bonner is a personal trainer, nutritionist, former athlete, and entrepreneur who lives up to her philosophy that fitness is a lifestyle. For 26 years, Rokki has dedicated herself to meeting her physical fitness challenges by competing and winning several bodybuilding titles, including winning the Silver in the World Games. Which she considers her very past life. Her journey now is about healing and being fit from the inside out.

Rokki is the President of Personal Fitness Navigators, located in Bexley, where she and her team specialize in putting the "Personal" back into Personal Training. She engages her clients with creative and individualized workout regimens and
coaches her clients about proper nutrition and goal setting. I aim to impact a million plus souls as my service on this earth.

Recognizing that fitness saved her life, In 2018, she co-founded and launched Fit to Navigate, a Social Enterprise that empowers justice-involved women, unhoused youth, and other underserved community members passionate about emotional, physical, and social growth that drives community impact.

Notably, Rokki is a 2022 Echoing Green Global Fellow and Kahu of her loving dog Bosu.

photo credit: Megan Leigh Barnard