Law career Arzón graduated from
Villanova University School of Law in 2007 and spent seven years as a corporate litigator at
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP. She was inspired and encouraged by her father, also an attorney, to pursue a career in law. "A man, armed with three pistols and a samurai sword, shot three people, doused the group with kerosene and threatened them with a barbecue lighter. He grabbed Arzón by the hair and held the gun and lighter to her head while using her as a human shield to communicate with police. Two patrons eventually tackled the man, giving police the opportunity to enter the bar and subdue him." She once ran five marathons in five days for MS Run the US in honor of her mother, documented in the documentary
Run It Out. She completed her first 100-mile race at the Keys100 - a race that begins in Key Largo and ends in Key West, Florida - in less than 30 hours in 2016.
Transition to health and fitness career In 2012, Arzón began a career in health and fitness after leaving her job at the law firm. She began this time as a freelance sports reporter, writing for publications like
Newsweek and
New York Magazine. She did sports reporting from the London Olympics in 2012. Arzón wanted to be closer to the athletics and wanted to show others that there is an alternative way to be an athlete. in 2013. In 2016, she was promoted to Vice President of Fitness and Programming of Peloton. She was one of 20 elite Americans to trek the
Serengeti in
National Geographic Channel's "MYGRATIONS" in 2015. The series, which aired in 2016, showed 20 people trekking the journey of the annual
wildebeest migration that happens every spring from the Serengeti Plains to
Maasai Mara in
Kenya. The cast members, who were formed of
survivalists and athletes, were given no maps or weapons and carried only food and water. Arzón is a global
Adidas ambassador. She starred in their Here to Create campaign commercial in 2016. She is also a
Road Runners Club of America-certified running coach. == Personal life ==