{"id":27506,"date":"2019-10-25T14:54:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:20:18","slug":"necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Leads to Fitness Career for NH Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Amy<\/a>

Amy Jacobs returned to NECC after many years to earn an associate degree. Now she works as a personal trainer in a gym.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cMom, did you go to college?\u201d It was a question Amy Jacobs\u2019 kids would ask her. \u201cYes,\u201d she would tell them, as she did start out at NECC after high school in the 90s. Back then, she didn\u2019t really have a clear career direction, and she dropped out. She never lost her drive to earn her degree, though, and one day when she was driving by Northern Essex<\/a>, she thought about that question and her kids, and pulled in to NECC and registered on the spot.<\/p>\n

Returning to college as an adult, Jacobs knew she was interested in exercise science. She chose Northern Essex because it was convenient and fit into her schedule. She also knew it wouldn\u2019t just be students right out of high school. \u00a0\u201cThere were other people my age. Everybody was so friendly, and it is an easy campus to find your way around. Also, the schedule was great. Over the years I took both day and evening classes,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

She credits NECC for helping her earn her personal training certification. \u201cThey definitely prepared me for the NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association) Certified Personal Trainer. I think I would have had a hard time taking that. Also, I was able to work as an intern and train people and teach classes here at NECC. Being at the gym I got to see a lot of the team sports and I was able to interact with the students. I loved it,\u201d she adds. Jacobs now works at a gym in Salem New Hampshire as a personal trainer and exercise class instructor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pretty much had my job right away. I was working out at my gym, and when they knew I was going to school to be a personal trainer, they asked me if I wanted to work there when I was done. I\u2019m happy doing what I\u2019m doing, happy to know that I am helping people. It\u2019s definitely hard going back to school as an adult, but if you are going to do it, Northern Essex is a great place to go. The teachers were excellent and I feel I could now reach out to them if I needed to and they\u2019d be there to help me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacobs graduated with a degree in general studies movement science<\/a> in 2018 \u2013 the same year her oldest son graduated from high school. Her family, including her husband and her three kids, were there to cheer her on. \u201cFor them to be able to watch me graduate was really great,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

To learn more about Northern Essex\u2019s associate degree in exercise science (the program name has changed), visit the website or contact Scott Mcenelly, exercise science program coordinator, 978 655-3823 or smcenelly@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Returning to college as an adult, Amy Jacobs knew she was interested in exercise science. She chose Northern Essex because it was convenient and fit into her schedule. She credits NECC for helping her earn her personal training certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":27508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNECC Leads to Fitness Career for NH Mom - NECC News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NECC Leads to Fitness Career for NH Mom - NECC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Returning to college as an adult, Amy Jacobs knew she was interested in exercise science. She chose Northern Essex because it was convenient and fit into her schedule. She credits NECC for helping her earn her personal training certification.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NECC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-25T18:54:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-14T18:20:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Amy-Jacobs-mobile.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ellen Small-Davis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ellen Small-Davis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/\",\"name\":\"NECC Leads to Fitness Career for NH Mom - NECC News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Amy-Jacobs-mobile.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-25T18:54:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-14T18:20:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/1482c1e2b61df3b1955e30860d9a769c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Amy-Jacobs-mobile.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Amy-Jacobs-mobile.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NECC Leads to Fitness Career for NH Mom\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"name\":\"NECC News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/1482c1e2b61df3b1955e30860d9a769c\",\"name\":\"Ellen Small-Davis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84a1f8e7e823ce7cabaa92618226fd3ba7a7bcee8e352db85821e8ea1e9c86fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84a1f8e7e823ce7cabaa92618226fd3ba7a7bcee8e352db85821e8ea1e9c86fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ellen Small-Davis\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/esmalldavis\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NECC Leads to Fitness Career for NH Mom - NECC News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NECC Leads to Fitness Career for NH Mom - NECC News","og_description":"Returning to college as an adult, Amy Jacobs knew she was interested in exercise science. She chose Northern Essex because it was convenient and fit into her schedule. She credits NECC for helping her earn her personal training certification.","og_url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/","og_site_name":"NECC News","article_published_time":"2019-10-25T18:54:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-14T18:20:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Amy-Jacobs-mobile.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ellen Small-Davis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ellen Small-Davis","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/","name":"NECC Leads to Fitness Career for NH Mom - NECC News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Amy-Jacobs-mobile.jpg","datePublished":"2019-10-25T18:54:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-14T18:20:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/1482c1e2b61df3b1955e30860d9a769c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Amy-Jacobs-mobile.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Amy-Jacobs-mobile.jpg","width":500,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/25\/necc-leads-to-fitness-career-for-nh-mom\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NECC Leads to Fitness Career for NH Mom"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"NECC News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/1482c1e2b61df3b1955e30860d9a769c","name":"Ellen Small-Davis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84a1f8e7e823ce7cabaa92618226fd3ba7a7bcee8e352db85821e8ea1e9c86fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84a1f8e7e823ce7cabaa92618226fd3ba7a7bcee8e352db85821e8ea1e9c86fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ellen Small-Davis"},"url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/esmalldavis\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27507,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27506\/revisions\/27507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}