Rhea Mercado is an accredited exercise physiologist, holdsa Graduate Diploma in Science (Exercise Rehabilitation)and a bachelor's degree in Human Movement Studies. Atthe age of 22,she started her first business, working out ofher parent's garage in the Western Suburbs of Sydney,Australia. Since then, she has spent the majority of hercareer as a business owner and as an independentcontractor.Rhea has worked in the health and fitness industry and inclinical exercise rehabilitation. She found her passion,however, in working as an occupational rehabilitationconsultant within the workers compensation scheme.She believes in a caring, simple, collaborative andcommon-sense approach to recovery and rehabilitation.In addition to her work, Rhea also spends time hanging outWith her children, running obstacle course races with herhusband, traveling, snowboarding, eating and sleeping.Compo - A Rehabilitation Consultant's Journey is Rhea'sfirst book -and possibly not her last.