HANNAH GETS PEOPLE
moving with Zumba HANNAH PAYTON HAS GAINED RECOGNITION FOR BECOMING THE FIRST PERSON IN THE UK WITH DOWN’S SYNDROME TO BECOME A ZUMBA INSTRUCTOR AT JUST 24 YEARS OLD. BUT HER ACHIEVEMENTS DON’T STOP THERE. SHE SPOKE TO KIDZ TO ADULTZ MAGAZINE ABOUT SMASHING RECORDS, WINNING MEDALS, HELPING OTHERS AND ENJOYING LIFE.
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ike many people, Hannah spent lockdown taking exercise classes on Zoom. Hannah’s class of choice was Zumba, a dance exercise class with roots in Latin music, with
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a mixture of high and low intensity cardio set to the beat. Unlike most, however, Hannah decided to take this new found passion further. “I did training with Sandra whilst we were