Gabrielle Rubin, founder and instructor of Female Awareness, a company that teaches self-defense classes to New Yorkers, tells us some of the most important things about safety that everyone should know.

Gabrielle Rubin was born and raised in New York and founded Female Awareness, a company that teaches self-defense classes to all types of New Yorkers. She talks to GetHealthyHarlem.org about why it's important to take a self-defense class.

Gabrielle Rubin, founder of Female Awareness, has been taking martial arts classes for the past 23 years. She thinks it's important for all women to take a self-defense class. Her classes teach the importance of being aware of your surroundings. Here, she tells us how to react if we think someone's following us.