Hello! I’m Angie. Born and raised alongside the Rocky Mountains of CO where my joy for our natural world continues to bloom. My formative years were shaped by the time I spent with my family on my grandparents’ farm. Having been raised in a large, blended, multicultural household and as Title 1 primary and early secondary student, I have always gravitated to nature, movement, and the arts to weave and integrate these sacred parts that make me whole and dynamic. Since childhood I have loved embodiment practices in many forms, which granted me a scholarship as a collegiate cross country and track & field athlete to Colorado Mesa University. In time, cross training guided me to Vinyasa Yoga where I completed my RYT200 in 2010. Years later, Motherhood altered any notion I had prior of resiliency and love. I was redefined. Crystalized. Forever, I am blessed for the gift of my children, Atlas and Teo, and life partner, Ryder, who encourage the beauty of play to shape our family.

As a woman of woven heritage, I too weave my experience as a youth educator of 19 years (public, Waldorf, and LifeWays pedagogies), practitioner in Yucatec Maya Healing (the lineage of Miss Beatrice), Registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (RCST), and current teacher in training with the Global Majority Mentorship PILOT Program through the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America (BCTA/NA). With years of experience as an educator and somatic therapist, I am honored to offer my gifts, yet truly find myself happily humbled to be in the presence of wonder and awe - each and every time I take my seat as youth mentor.

Ryder is a European-American, movement educator, performance artist and improvisor. Ryder has loved to dance, move, and dress up to perform since he was a toddler. In his teaching, Ryder incorporates principles from contemporary dance, parkour, natural movement, Alexander technique, yoga, and Tai Chi. Ryder’s teaching philosophy emerges from the tenet that we learn better through play and games; a framework that learning to inhabit a body is a lifelong journey and to place value on the process; an emphasis that movement is culture and that the two cannot be separated; and that learning to relate to self, others, and the Earth through the language of the body is essential to dismantling current systems of oppression and fundamental to building a more equitable and just world.

Ryder is passionate about bringing movement and play to youth of all ages. Ryder has over 15-years experience working with children through a variety of roles including early childhood educator; a program director and challenge course instructor for a children’s summer camp; and a facilitator in a nationally touring social justice and arts work, The Conversation Series: Stitching the Geopolitical Quilt to Re-Body Belonging, conceived by Helanius J. Wilkins. He and his wife, Angela Richardson, created ZEA Community Enrichment, an organization which aims to serve diverse populations of youth in Boulder County through outdoor, multicultural education and equity based practices. They are entering their fifth year of programming.

My name is Mario Jose Olvera, aka Mister Mario. a local artist out of Longmont Colorado, originally from Houston Texas. I am a father/teacher of two beautiful kids. My family and I are danzantes de la cultura Mexica and share dance, song and Mexica traditions with other families here in the Colorado area. I am a visual artist, beat maker, poet, instructor and facilitator, (depending on the day). My partner is a wonderful midwife in Longmont and Boulder community. We continue to help each others work, creativity, medicines and passions.

My passion for hip hop came at an early age while exploring the love and interest for urban calligraphy, graffiti. Since then, Hip Hop has been a huge influence in my life. As a poet, mover, writer, musician, visual artist. It has given me many great tools and experiences that involve positivity, community and social justice. I feel so blessed and privileged to have such a powerful culture at our fingertips to share with one another. I aim to learn and grow with all of you and also share that creativity and inspiration that has helped me and my path.

Mario’s artistic lens has become an inseparable part of both his professional and personal life, beautifully woven into his endeavors as an educator, youth mentor, Aztec dancer, and father. Using art as a vessel to foster self acceptance and respect among marginalized populations, Mario has become an influential teacher in the Longmont and Boulder community. He is currently working on the greatest creation of his life, his kids.

Peace and much love!

MJO

Born and raised in Mumbai, India, Kshitija Saturdekar is a dancer, artist and choreographer. She received her Bachelors and Masters of Arts in Sociology from the University of Mumbai, and recently received her Master of Fine Arts in Dance with emphasis in Choreography and secondary emphasis in Hip Hop Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Prior to that, she spent ten years teaching students of all ages, choreographing for live events and film, and performing with The Terence Lewis Contemporary Dance Company, a reputed dance company in India. Kshitija has worked and trained under Donna Mejia, Helanius J Wilkins, Rennie Harris, Nii Armah Sowah, Terence Lewis and Bertwin Ravi Dsouza. Kshitija has also performed and taught dance in India, Australia, Singapore, Austria, Thailand and USA. During her time at CU Kshitija was also a Graduate Part Time Instructor, a Teaching Assistant and Assistant to the Director of Dance Production for two years.

Greetings! My name is Wendell but I go by Wynn. I am husband to my lovely wife, Desirae and father to my three amazing children - Akua, Yemanja, and Metztliiyun. I’m excited to contribute to ZEA Community Enrichment and share my knowledge and nurture young minds.

I tinker quite a bit with electronics and mechanisms and I enjoy helping young minds develop an understanding of how things work and how to fix them.

I have been a BBoy (breakdancer) for over 15+ years and love to share knowledge of the dance and Hip Hop culture to promote positive means of expression through dance, art, spoken word and music.

Homeschooled on a goat farm near the Natahala River Gorge, I spent my days walking the creeks and building shelters in pine forests. In a fragmented and distracted world, nature gave me my first crisp clear quiet. The quiet of true focus, true presence.

Since then it’s been my goal to provide similar opportunities for a nature-filled childhood to those in my care. I became a gymnastics coach, a private homeschool teacher, and a career nanny, before launching my own art and nature play program, Sun+Moon Playcrafts, at my home in Lyons, CO. Serving children and the Earth by organizing opportunities for them to spend time together is my life’s work. I aspire to do with centered, joyful, and wholehearted presence. Children sense a kinship with me knowing that I see them and still remember magic! I love to model excited curiosity as it gives kids permission to investigate, ask, and try everything!

With years as a breathwork facilitator and energy worker, I am practiced at holding space for processing emotions and authentic expression. My background in the arts of drawing, painting, cooking, singing, sculpting, sewing, and wildlife rehabilitation give me many skills that I love to teach to the upcoming generation.