Dr. Josefina Monasterio spent her childhood climbing mango trees in her rural hometown, Punta de Mata, in western Venezuela. She says she was always athletic – competing in track and field and as a gymnast through college. At 68, however, she has far from slowed down. Monasterio is an award-winning bodybuilder and life coach.
“I started bodybuilding at 59, and now I compete with women in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s, and I beat them,” says Monasterio laughing in her vivacious manner. “They take pictures with me!”