Busy Bees Studio - A Place for Busy Minds and Bodies - Sacramento, CA - Child and Parent Enrichment Classes

Lisa Dupre
Lisa has a deep and life-long love of children and a passion for child development. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and has worked at a school for children with special needs as well as a substitute teacher.Most of her professional career has been in Healthcare Recruitment with Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health.She has been a stay-at-home mom since her son, Coleman, was born in 2003. Lisa has practiced yoga for 8 years and it was in a yoga class where she realized that she wanted to teach it to children!She trained directly with Helen Garabedian, founder of Itsy Bitsy Yoga® and Shana Meyerson, founder of Mini Yogis®.While researching places to teach the yoga classes, she was inspired to open Busy Bees Studio. Lisa wanted to open a place where parents could find a variety of unique enrichment classes for their children in one location and where children would feel safe to learn, engage and express themselves. Additionally, Lisa wants Busy Bees Studio to be a resource for parents through its no-cost parent informational workshops.Mostly though, she wants Busy Bees Studio to be a place where children can try many activities in an environment where they feel special.

Cinthya Ammerman
Cinthya, a fully bilingual Spanish speaker from Chile, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Psychology. She has lived in four countries in Central and South America throughout her childhood and has gathered most of her pre-college education in bilingual schools. Prior to joining Busy Bees Studio, Cinthya worked as a Spanish teacher in an elementary school in Virginia, and as a conversational Spanish teacher for adults. While living in Peru she served underprivileged children, volunteering in a hospital and orphanage, and taking part in Operation Smile acting as translator in operating rooms. She is sensitive to the needs of children, and is devoted to improving the way they are taught. Cinthya believes that every child deserves a nurturing, flexible, and creative environment in which to flourish.

Julie Arbogast
Julie, the mother of four wonderful boys, has been a credentialed Elementary Teacher since 1990 and has taught multiple subjects to children of all ages domestically and abroad. Additionally, she was a high school and college cheerleader as well as a cheerleading coach for Merryhill Junior High. Julie was selected to the Optomist Cheerleading Squad out of high school and received the only "coach's award" for the year. As a member of Step One Dance Group, she choreographed and worked with the Sacramento Kings Dancers. A gymnast since childhood, she has taught gymnastics to elementary students and was a certified judge, judging gymnastic meets throughout northern California.

Martha Jordan
Martha is a classically trained musician who received her A.R.C.T. Teacher’s Degree in Piano and Grade 8 vocal certificate with the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada.Martha has 20 years experience teaching privately as well as 4 years experience teaching in the public schools.She continues to provide private lessons to students with the National Certification Program, a division of the Royal Conservatory of Music. Martha strongly believes in the Music for Young Children curriculum.The child has fun while laying the foundation for future music education.

Gina Moon
Gina, a credentialed teacher and mother of two young boys, has a passion for Art. She graduated from California State University Sacramento with a Bachelors Degree in Liberal Studies and a Minor in Art. She spent six years teaching a variety of grade levels in the Sacramento City Unified School District and created and implemented several after school art programs at school within the district. Gina has also been involved with several community mural projects in the Sacramento area. When it comes to the Arts, her passion is evident in everything she does. She has a firm belief that all children should be exposed to the arts in as many different mediums as possible and has made it her goal to be a steward of the arts for children.

Jessica Ormberg

Dominique Patrick
Dominique is a local professional artist who specializes in portrait commission work. She is also an enthusiastic children’s art teacher. She has been showing and selling her paintings since 1990 and has been involved with art for children for over eight years. After graduating from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Dominique opened a gallery in Boston. Since moving to Sacramento in 1992, she has had four solo shows at the Barton Gallery, participated in multiple group shows in the Northern California area, has taught an art and science class for children at CSUS, opened a gallery in McKinley Park and is currently teaching art at Sacramento Country Day School for their enrichment program.

Darin Wong
Mr. Wong began his martial arts training at the age of 10. Since then he has trained in several different styles including Olympic style Tae Kwon Do, Kenpo, American Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Arnis, Krav Maga and Mixed Martial Arts. He has black belts in both Tae Kwon Do and Kenpo and has achieved the rank of blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Mr. Wong is a veteran of Olympic style Tae Kwon Do sparring competitions where he has both competed and coached locally and nationally. With great honor and privilege Mr. Wong has been fortunate enough to train under U.S. Olympic coaches Han Wan Lee and Chul Ho Kim at the Olympic training center Colorado and with the Stanford Tae Kwon Do team under coach Tim Ghormley. His Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructors Cassio Werneck(2003 world-champion) and Carlos Valente (person body guard to Royce Gracie and fight coordinator for UFC 1,2 and 3) are among the best in the world. Mr. Wong has been instructing martial arts classes for over 4 years and believes that actions speak far louder than any words and that leading by example is paramount.