Marai Jimenez
4th degree Senior Black Belt
Level 4 Instructor
Ms. Marai Jimenez has over 16 years of martial arts experience; and has been training with Taekwondo America for 10+ years! She started her journey in Taekwondo back when she was 7 years old in Charlotte, NC . She continued training until she moved to Frisco, Texas. Then in 2008, her parents brought her to a Taekwondo school in Blacksburg, VA, and she fell in love with martial arts once again. She trained with Mr. Abbott for 3 years, but eventually moved back to Frisco, TX. She continued her training with Mr. Lacy, but after graduating from Lone Star High School, she went off to college at Virginia Tech (Go Hokies!). She continued to train with Mr. Tonete in Virgina, but after finishing her undergraduate degree in Psychology, she decided Texas was calling her back. She moved back to Frisco, became the manager at Mr. Lacy’s school, and eventually bought the school from Mr. Lacy. She absolutely loves her job and seeing her leadership team grow. Ms. Jimenez has her eyes set on achieving 9th degree Black Belt, and is currently training for her next testing in September 2019! She’s always willing to help and loves seeing people achieve so many milestones throughout their personal journey’s! (Tambien habla español)
