Faculty
Ingrid Alvarez
Ingrid M. Alvarez is a visual and performing artist, educator and multimedia marketing consultant based in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Ingrid comes from a creative, multi-cultural family and grew up on the West Coast. She has been a children’s reading tutor and artistic babysitter since she her teen days, and currently visits Brooklyn hospitals as a teaching artist and art therapist. Ingrid enjoys expressing herself through painting, drawing, design, writing, photography, social media and dancing. Her art work has been shown in galleries in New York and Seattle and is collected nationwide. http://ingridalvarez.com
(Kids’ Studio Art Workshop, Family Studio Art Workshop)
Ellen Baxt
Poet, dancer, budding acrobat,Ellen Baxt resides in her hometown of Brooklyn. When not teaching Brazilian Dance at Spoke the Hub, she teaches English as a Second Language at the City University of New York, practices trapeze, and writes. Her first full-length book was published by British press, Shearsman Books in 2007.
(Brazilian Dance Workout, Creative Writing)
Elena Carey
Elena Carey is so grateful to be a new member of the Spoke the Hub family! Elena grew up as a 50/50 Manhattanite and Rochestarian. She is a graduate of FIT and a former ballet dancer with an interest in sustainable products and lifestyles. Elena will be handling space rentals, among other things, and is so excited to meet the many wonderful members of the STH universe!
Diane Castelucci
Diane Castelucci sign language enthusiast! She graduated from New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education, where she minored in American Sign Language, and is currently working towards a Masters’ in Deaf Education. She attends deaf events throughout the boroughs of New York City (including sign-interpreted concerts and poetry nights – makes the arts even richer!). She has integrated ASL into many of the classrooms she has been a part of throughout her years as a student teacher, a special educator and a library and literacy teacher. She is very excited to continue teaching ASL at Spoke the Hub, and looks forward to introducing all of her students to the rich deaf culture tucked into nooks and crannies around the city. This Summer, she taught ASL and Arts&Crafts to Spokes’ two- through six-year-olds in our Multi-Arts program, and she has thoroughly enjoyed finding creative ways to teach ASL. Don’t be surprised to see markers, foam, movement, imaginary journeys and music making their way into her classes!
(American Sign Language, American Sign Language for the Whole Family)
Kwok Kay Choey
Kwok Kay Choey studied Tai Chi Chuan and gymnastics while in Singapore and has been practicing the form for over thirty years. His teachers include the Buddhist monk Venerable Yuen Quing. Master Choey has taught Tai Chi and Calligraphy and performed music throughout the metropolitan area since the 1960’s in hospitals, schools, colleges and community centers.
(Tai Chi)
Gabriella Dennery
(photo by Clint Steib)
Percussionist Gabriella Dennerybelieves that “rhythm is in every action, word, thought and instrument.” Initially trained in classical violin, Gabriella grew up with the grooves of Haitian Kompas, Cuban son, West and South African dance music, 70’s disco and guitar rock. Gabriella’s love for rhythm led to her to study djembe and djundjun drumming with percussionists Michael Wimberly, Vado Diamande, Michael Markus, and M’Bemba Bangoura. She has traveled to West Africa for intensive study with masters of Guinean national ballet companies. She has performed with percussion groups Benkelema and internationally renowned Women of the Calabash. Gabriella is co-founder and director of BaTuBa Percussions. Inspired by the rhythms of Guinea, this all women performance ensemble blends rhythmic traditions with contemporary vocals and string instruments, to celebrate all aspects of our human experience.
(African Drumming)
Gail Flanery
Gail Flanery is a former Studio in a School teaching artist and longtime friend and supporter of Spoke the Hub.
(Printmaking Without A Press)
Russell Floersch
Russell Floersch is a painter who has been living and working in NYC for almost 25 years. After a Fulbright Fellowship in West Berlin, studying under K.H. Hoedicke and Georg Baselitz, he returned to the US in 1984 and has been living in New York since. He has a BFA from Buffalo State College and an MFA from SUNY Buffalo. From 1987 to 1992 he exhibited at Stux Gallery in NYC with The Starn Twins, Andres Serrano, Vik Muniz, Fabian Marcaccio and others. Russell was the recipient of a NYFA Fellowship in 1996-97. His studio is in Long Island City near PS1.
(Figure Drawing)
Sarah-Katie Gillespie
(photo by Scott Seeley)
Sarah-Katie Gillespie has been practicing yoga since 1999, when she decided to give it a try while training for her first marathon. She continued to dabble with yoga during her training and completion for both the 2000 and 2004 New York City marathons, but as the years progressed, the more holistic, mind-body connection offered by a steady yoga practice eventually superceded her desire to run countless miles. Now, running augments her daily practice, and she is particularly interested in the benefits of yoga for the endurance athelete. Sarah-Katie received her certification to teach vinyasa flow in 2006 at Sonic Yoga Studios on Manhattan’s west side under Yoga Fit columnist Jonathan Fields and Lauren Hanna, assistant to Shiva Rea. She continues to study with the fabulous teachers at Kula Yoga Project, in particular Schuyler Grant, and is thankful every day that she has the opportunity to share the wonders of yoga with others. Sarah-Katie teaches an alignment-based flow that is joyous, dynamic and welcoming, and always set to something with a good beat.
(Restorative Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga)
Erin Gottwald
(photo by Aeric Meredith-Goujon)
Erin Gottwald has been teaching the talented and creative students at Spoke the Hub for three years. A strong believer in imagination and discovery, Erin introduces technique and partner-work with children in the early stages of learning. She received her early training at the Boston Ballet School and with choreographer Holly Fairbank and is a graduate of Bates College. She has taught ballet, creative and modern dance at the Boston Ballet, Berkeley Ballet Theatre, Bates Dance Festival, as well as locations in Brooklyn such as The Old First Church Pre-School and this fall, at PS 295. Erin is a member of Digby Dance, Turnpike Dance, Falling Flight Project, and Summer Brown Dances. www.eringottwald.com
(Ballet, Creative Dance, Modern Dance)
Mina Hamilton
Mina Hamilton is a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher and Yoga Therapist. She is also a certified Life Coach. Mina has been teaching yoga, meditation and stress reduction for 19 years. Her book Serenity To Go: Calming Techniques for Your Hectic Life has been translated into five languages and is a hit in Japan (30,000 copies sold). She has studied meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Thich Nhat Hanh. She offers private instruction in her studios in Park Slope and in Manhattan and workshops throughout the country. She has an MA from Harvard University. Mina’s website is www.serenitytogo.com. She can be reached at minaham(at)aol(dot)com.
(Kripalu Yoga, Intro to Yoga, Intro to Meditation)
Liz Higginbottom
Beginning in Florida and spending her last 4 years teaching yoga in New York and Brooklyn, Liz Higginbottom’s teaching style has grown to encompass: beginner to advanced levels, restorative and gentle yoga, center-strengthening, breathing workshops and children’s yoga and movement classes. Living at the Sivananda Ashram in New York’s Catskill mountains, Liz/Yogeshwari became aware of the full yogic lifestyle. Her incorporation back into city life has given her a deep appreciation for the mastery of moderation. She teaches from a background of Vinyasa and, the more traditional form of, Sivananda yoga. The unusual blending of these two styles merged with her 20 years of dance training, allows for an understanding of the body-mind connection that few teachers can honestly offer.
Lori Jorgensen
Lori Jorgensen has been teaching dance and fitness for over 30 years. She received her BFA in Dance/Choreography from SUNY Brockport and has choreographed, performed and toured worldwide with eba Dance Theater, Kaleidoscope, Omega Dance Company and AllNations Dance Company.
Heidi Kinney
(photo by Elise Long)
Heidi Kinney is a dance and yoga instructor. She hails from Ohio and received her BFA from Ohio University. Heidi is a certified yoga teacher through Yoga Union and is a registered teacher with Yoga Alliance. In addition to her yoga practice, Heidi is an Ayurvedic Certified Holistic Health Counselor, accredited through the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP) and NYS licensed Ayurvedic Esthetician. She enjoys guiding her clients of all ages with Yoga and Ayurveda practices.
(Vinyasa Yoga)
Mark Lamb
(photo by Brad Shew)
Mark Lamb has been teaching dance to people of all ages and abilities for over two decades. Before moving to New York, Mark was the Founding and Artistic Director of Circle Modern Dance in Knoxville, TN. During his time in the South with Circle Modern Dance, Mark was hailed for his work for making dance accessible to people of all abilities. Mark has shared his teaching methods with universities, senior centers, corporate entities, political and social activists, and has taught dance to hundreds of dancers from widely diverse backgrounds throughout the East Coast and Japan. Mark is currently the Artistic Director of Mark Lamb Dance, based in New York City, and enjoys being a member of the vibrant Spoke the Hub community.
www.marklambdance.org
(Action Heroes, Adaptive Dance for the Differently Abled, Dance and Exercise for Seniors, Sing, Dance and Make Believe)
Joel Lambdin
Violinist Joel Lambdin enjoys a varied career as performer, teacher, and creator of music. As founder and Artistic Director of two chamber ensembles, the Harrisburg Players’ Collective and MANI, he has brought standard classical music to a wide variety of audiences across the US, Canada, and the West Indies. He is a Teaching Artist for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Beginnings program and has represented the Chamber Music Society in outreach performances. He is on the faculty at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, NY, and has also served on the faculties of Elizabethtown College as well as the North and South Carolina Governor’s Schools. Through MANI and the Harrisburg Players’ Collective, Joel has presented the standard chamber repertoire with America’s top musicians, including Tom Kraines, Odin Rathnam, Daniel Gaisford, Kurt Nikkanen, Kevin Lawrence, and the Tony Award winning Stuart Malina. Under Joel’s direction, the Collective thrived, providing Central Pennsylvania with a full educational outreach program, a Youth Players’ Collective, as well as raising money for charitable causes. The Collective performed in a wide range of venues across the East Coast, from bars and restaurants to their residency at the Cleve J. Fredricksen Library in Camp Hill, PA. In keeping with this innovative approach to performance, Joel is co-director of MANI, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. In addition to its traditional residency at Greenpoint’s Church of the Ascension, MANI is presenting more innovative concerts in a variety of venues and incorporating free-improvisation and popular music with the standard repertoire, scholarly orchestrations of masterworks, and works composed by the performers. Joel received his BM and MM from the North Carolina School of the Arts under Kevin Lawrence and Sara Johnson. www.manichambermusic.org
(Creative Clubhouse: Music)
Elise Long
Elise Long is the Founder/Artistic Director of Spoke the Hub Dancing and Founder of the Gowanus Arts Exchange (renamed BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange). She holds a BA from Middlebury College in Dance and Studio Art, is a certified Laban Movement Analyst (CMA), and has done graduate work in dance, exercise physiology, and kinesiology at Teachers College, NYU, Queens College and LIU. She has taught children and adults dance, fitness, and creative arts related classes for over three decades while choreographing and performing over 100 original dance/theater works in the States, Canada, and abroad.
(Cardio Dance Plus, Cardio Dance and Yoga, Young Artists Dance/Theater)
Amantha May
(photo by Ken Stein)
Amantha May performs as a soloist throughout NYC and her choreographies have been presented at the New York Public Library, Theater for the New City, P.S. 122 and many other venues. Originally from a theater background, her work is known for its use of gesture and dramatic expression. She has trained in Egyptian, Turkish and American styles of belly dance and continues to study with New York’s many master teachers. www.amanthamotion.com
(Belly Dance for Beginners)
Raphael McGregor
For the past six years, Raphael McGregor has been deeply engaged in the study and performance of Brazilian music. As a member of the national touring act Nation Beat, he has had the good fortune of raveling to Brazil twice to perform, record, and study with traditional musicians. In addition, he has worked with Cyro Baptista, Frank London, Alessandra Beloni and Marcatu NY. As a teaching artist, he has given numerous educational workshops at a variety of venues, from elementary schools to universities, most recently as teaching artist in residence at PS 134 in Manhattan. His passion for Brazilian music, enthusiasm, and energy are always evident, both on the bandstand and in the classroom.
(Brazilian Percussion for Young People)
Dolores Natividad
Dolores Natividad is an Exercise Physiologist certified by Marymount College and ACSM. She was Chairperson and Vice President of The New York Personal Fitness trainer’s organization giving presentations to ACE certified trainers in the 1980’s. She has worked with James Taylor, training, touring and de-stressing. Dolores is featured in the book: The Marine Corps Daily 16 Workouts: Marine Fitness for the Civilian Athlete Book representing the civilians. She has practiced Yoga since the mid 1980’s and is a certified Integral Hatha Yoga practitioner for Basic Hatha I, Hatha II, Extra Gentle, Chair Yoga Prenatal and Post-Partum. As a member of the New York Teacher’s Yoga Association, she has given Yoga workshops at the Department of Labor, the Board of Education, Park Slope Food Co-op, and numerous senior centers. Dolores also studied extensively at the original White Cloud Yoga studio in NYC where Julio Horvath originated his Gyrotonic System (Yoga for Dancers) and has become a certified Gyrotonic practitioner as well. Dolores’ personal mission statement is the Hope for Every Body to find a system in which to integrate Grace, Strength, Ease, a Peaceful mind and a Joyous Heart! Fitness and excellence are not luxuries, but are our essential birthright. We must take care of ourselves first and foremost so we will be available to take care of and serve others.
(Chair Yoga, Integral Yoga)
Jessica Nicoll
(photo by Steven Speliotis)
Jessica Nicoll , a long-time Spoke the Hub teacher and a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, began her studies with Carolyn Tate in Washington, DC. She has been performing, choreographing, and teaching dance in NYC since 1981. She has performed with Kei Takei’s Moving Earth, Phyllis Lamhut, Beth Leonard, and Elise Long’s Spoke the Hub Dancing, among others. Her own choreography has been presented at DanceSpace Project at St. Mark’s-on-the-Bowery, PS 122, The Kitchen, The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center, Dance Now, and all of Spoke the Hub’s performance series. Nicoll shared a 1999 OOBR (Off-Off Broadway Review Award) with the Chekhov Theatre Ensemble for their production of King Lear, for which she was the choreographer. Since 1984 Nicoll has been an ArtsConnection artist in public school residencies and since 1985 has taught modern dance, improvisation, and choreography at the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center. She has been a guest lecturer at Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Rio Grande, Manhattanville College, the Dance Education Laboratory, and at NYFA’s Common Ground series. Since 1990 she has also been designing and leading staff development, dance education training, and family workshops around New York and the country. Nicoll was awarded ArtsConnection’s 2004 Linda LeRoy Janklow Award and the 2007 BAX10 Award for Teaching Artistry. www.nicollandoreck.com
(Modern Dance and Improvisation I-II)
Marlena Penney Oden
Marlena Penney Oden , originally from Tennessee, holds a B.S. in Dance from the University of Oregon. She recently relocated to Brooklyn from the sunny shores of the San Francisco Bay Area where she divided her time between performing, teaching and non-profit administration. While in the Bay Area, Marlena founded a pre-professional teen modern dance program and performing ensemble and was Co-Director of Administrative Operations at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center in Berkeley. She was also a teaching artist in the Lincoln Center Institute Program that brought dance to K-12 students into Bay Area classrooms. Marlena is thrilled to jump into Spoke’s community of creative, diverse, and exhilarating artists. She’s so excited to have found a home at here and can’t wait to get to know you all!
Rachel Odoroff
(photo by Ruby Garden)
After receiving her BA in Art History from Carleton College, Rachel Odoroff moved to NYC to pursue a career in dance! She performed and taught dance all over NYC for many years before deciding to pursue a career in elementary education. She earned a Master’s in Science in Elementary Education from Hunter College and has taught in public schools in NYC, Denver and Philadelphia. In 2003, she completed her yoga teacher training in Woodstock, NY at Bliss Yoga Studio and has been teaching yoga ever since. Her two school age daughters, Maris and Ruby, remind her to sit down once in awhile and count her many blessings! www.thetutoringroom.com
(Wake-Up Yoga; Gentle Wake-Up Yoga)
Susan Parker
Susan Parker has been an ACE Certified Personal Trainer since 1990. She holds specialty certifications in Pre/Post-Natal, Strength Training, Rehabilitation and Special Populations. Susan’s experience ranges from training people for everyday general health, to life events and sport specific competitions. She has also worked with clients in the film, television, and theatre industries. Susan is a member of IDEA. She received her Pilates Certification in 2003 from Power Pilates under the tutelage of Master Trainer Bob Liekens. While at Power Pilates she worked privately with many high profile clients in addition to teaching classes. Susan is also certified by the Pilates Method Alliance the governing body of Pilates Instructors. She has continued her education with the goal of working and studying with each of the “Elders” (the original students of Joseph Pilates) and brings that knowledge and expertise to Body Reserve Gym where she teaches Classical Pilates Mat Classes and works privately one on one with clients on her Pilates equipment. She is currently working towards her Masters in Exercise Science and Rehabilitation.
(Boot Camp Class, Pilates Mat)
Sarah Pope
(photo by David Kumin)
Sarah Pope , originally from Southern California, holds a BFA in Ballet and Modern Dance from Texas Christian University. After graduation, she moved to NYC, where she taught creative dance, ballet, modern dance, and performance related workshops to children ages 3 and up at Metro Baptist Church’s Page Turners After School Program and at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. In 2005, she joined the faculty of Spoke the Hub and has come to enjoy answering the question, “What do you do for a living?” with “I Sing, Dance and Make Believe!” Sarah performs with Mark Lamb Dance, Sarah Council Dance Projects and HT Chen and Dancers, and has produced her own choreography at Metro Baptist Church as director of the Metro Movement Project. She also teaches kids’ and adults’ ballet and fitness classes at the Prospect Park YMCA.
(Creative Ballet, Sing, Dance and Make Believe)
Kaina Quenga
(photo by Geralyn Shukwit)
Kaina Quenga is a true ambassador of Aloha in New York City. She is devoted to sharing and perpetuating Polynesian dance and culture on the east coast and she has spent the past five years teaching Hawaiian song and dance to students at Concourse House in the Bronx. She also currently teaches Tahitian dance in New York City and she is a proud member of Brooklyn Arts Council’s Folk Feet Dance Workshop. In Hawai’i, Kaina was trained by kumu hula (hula teacher) Johnny Lum Ho with Halau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua. She also danced with Tihati Productions on her native Big Island, and she has performed widely as a freelance Polynesian dancer in Florida and New York. She is skilled in native Hawaiian language as well as in the art of traditional Hawaiian lei making.
(Hawaiian/Polynesian Dance/Ori Tahiti)
Mindy Rebman
(photo by Paula Court)
Mindy Rebman hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she began her dance training with teachers from Ballet Oklahoma, the National Ballet of China, and the Boston Ballet. Mindy continued her education at Meadows School of the Arts at SMU in Dallas, Texas. Upon graduation, to the absolute horror of her parents, Mindy relocated to the big city. Upon her arrival, Mindy became known as “Ms. Rebman” for the first time in her life at the Ballet Tech School in Manhattan. After several years as an instructor and administrator at Ballet Tech, Mindy expanded her career as a dance educator to include both arts in education programs and private dance studios such as ArtsConnection, Brooklyn Arts Council, Chrystie Street Ballet Academy, Hospital Audiences, West Side YMCA , Brooklyn Ballet, and of course Spoke the Hub! Since its inception in 2002, Mindy has been the rehearsal director and a founding member of RedWall Dance Theatre, under the direction of Mary Ann Wall. www.redwalldancetheatre.com
(Ballet Body Workout, Tap I, II, III, Teen Hip Hop Workout)
Jenna Ritter
(photo by Manny Bravo)
Jenna Ritter has recently returned from a 5-month intensive training on Wu Dang Mountain in China. Living on the mountain with Taoist Community Priest Master Haung Chuan Bo, Jenna was able to delve deep into the ancient Chinese self-healing arts of Qi Gong and Tai Ji. She has returned to NYC refreshed, revitalized and ready to share her learnings with others.
A graduate of Bank Street College of Education (2001), Jenna is the founder of Dhara, an emerging non-profit that accesses Eastern self-healing practices to populations who frequently are not provided such opportunities. “Dhara” is a Sanskrit word that means “rooted and ever-flowing.” To be rooted in who we are while simultaneously flowing with what is is essential to living a balanced, healthy, productive life. Through effectively incorporating the fundamentals of ancient Eastern self-healing practices within the demands of living in the modern Western world, the work strives to nurture a more harmonious and genuinely peaceful humanity.
Jenna teaches both youth and adults. Her classes provide much needed stress relief, increases sharpness and clarity of mind, builds inner and outer strength, and empowers individuals to move towards positive, productive actions in both personal and societal life. Through empowering individuals to see that the choices they make influence how they feel and behave, she has seen her students move towards living happier, healthier and more satisfied lives.
Jenna has completed 500 hours of yoga teacher training with the Art of Living Foundation and is a certified Level 1 LifeForce Yoga Practitioner. She is also certified to teach Dao Yin, Wu Dang Hun Yuan (Primordial) Qi Gong, Tai Chi Qi Gong 18 Movements Part 1 and Shen Dian through Chi for Longevity. Jenna has 15 years of youth service work, and has sought to actively involve parents and other adults in the healing and education of young people. Jenna also has 8 years of adult mental health experience, with a focus on recovery and trauma relief. For more information go to www.dharanyc.org
(Qi Gong)
Robin Schiff
Robin Schiff developed the Alexander Technique and Pilates programs at Brooklyn College for their Physical Education and Exercise Science department, where she has been teaching faculty and students since 2003. At Mannes College of Music (and the Extension Division) Robin taught Alexander Technique and she has also taught at Kingsborough Community College and Keene State College. Robin has been teaching privately in the New York Area for 19 years and enjoys working with a diverse range of students. She holds a BA in Music Therapy and certifications in Pilates and the Alexander Technique.
(Pilates & Alexander Technique)
Laurie Shayler
Laurie Shayler received a BS in Dance from SUNY Brockport in Performance and Choreography. She has toured and performed with several different modern dance companies including Janis Brenner and Dancers, Colloquium Contemporary Dance Exchange, Annabelle Gamson Dance Solos, Inc., Sara Hook & Dancers, and Hannah Kahn Dance Co. She teaches all styles of partner dancing from traditional Ballroom to the Lindy Hop and Swing. She is also an adjunct lecturer at LaGuardia Community College in the ESL program where she teaches a class called “Dancing as a Second Language”.
(Ballroom, Latin and Swing)
Shock-a-lock
Brooklyn-born and raised, Kevin (Shock-a-lock) Porter is an original locker who was instrumental in sparking locking dance in New York City in the ’70s. Locking is a style of isolated movement innovated by Don Campbell and popularized on the TV show “Soul Train.” Along with b-boying and popping, it is one of the traditional elements of urban street dance and today’s “hip hop”. Shock-a-Lock is founder of the performance group, “Lockism: The World’s First Mimelockers”. He continues to hold his own at the forefront of the urban dance scene, staying true to the tradition while presenting highly innovative material with a crew of remarkable dancers. Shock-a-lock is an expert dancer and teacher. His classes can be geared to professional b-boys and b-girls, introduce basic moves to new audiences in a fun, accessible way, or bring seniors back to the early ’70s with moves to original funk hits from the Soul-Train era. Shock can also invite co-teachers of other urban dance traditions like uprock or breaking.
(Street Dance)
Storme Sundberg
Storme Sundberg is a performing and teaching artist who has been based in NYC for the past ten years. She is a long-time member of Jordan Fuchs Dance and performs regularly with Terrain Dance, Wendy Blum, Phillipa Kaye, Janusz Jaworski, Red Shift Dance and the Modern Dance Awareness Society. She has also worked with Jody Oberfelder, Noemie LaFrance and Stephan Koplowitz. Her choreography has been shown at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Joyce Soho, BRIC Theater, Movement Research, Wow, Spoke the Hub, and in Stamford, CT at the Palace Theater and the Rich Forum. She holds her BA from SUNY Buffalo where she was a member of Pick of the Crop Dance. In addition to her work at Spoke, she also teaches dance to children at the 92nd Street Y/Harkness Center for Dance and Creative Arts Studios.
(Hip Hop, Sing, Dance and Make Believe)
Liz Wivell
(photo by Erin Giunta)
Liz Wivell, L.Ac., OTR/L has been a health care provider for over a decade. She received her degree in Occupational Therapy from Boston University College of Rehabilitative Medicine in 1997, and completed her Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine studying both Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York City.
Elizabeth is a licensed and registered Occupational Therapist, a registered Yoga instructor, licensed in Yoga for the Special Child, and a licensed New York State Acupuncturist. She has been working with children professionally for 8 years in a variety of settings including hospitals, outpatient clinics, sensory gyms, public schools, and even within the home. She has worked with children of all ages with a broad range of western diagnosis.
Elizabeth has taken advanced training in handwriting and is completing the necessary requirements for the Level One certification from Handwriting Without Tears. She uses the Handwriting Without Tears program do to its multi-sensory approach to writing and additionally incorporates techniques from other writing programs. Elizabeth looks at the whole child, and tries to determine the root of their difficulty with handwriting. Most importantly, she tries to make writing interesting and fun. When a child feels unsuccessful in writing, creating a safe and positive environment to improve those skills is one of the keys to success. Elizabeth applies her background in both Western and Eastern medicine to provide a complete, multi-faceted approach to handwriting.
www.ohmacupuncture.com