Meet Blossom's Staff and Instructors

Blossom invites you to get to know our board, staff and independent instructors. We are all here to support you on your journey through pregnancy, birth, and early parenting.

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Staff

Board of Directors

• Alyson Thiel - Front Desk
• Ann Le - Marketing and Social Media Manager
• Ariana Tabrizi - Front Desk
• Carolina Hahn - Yoga and Fitness Program Manager
• ​Dominique Vincent - Executive Director​
• Cindy Chow - Volunteer Coordinator
• Helena Lijoljic - Front Desk
• Jennifer Del Vecchio - Front Desk Manager
• Jennifer Doolin, Accountant
• Sofia Little - Front Desk
• Sofya Elprin-Smirnov - Fundraising Specialist
• Tracie Lynch - Childbirth and Parent Education Program Manager

• Adela Gildo-Mazzon
• Amy Ramsey
• Brenda Dampier, Treasurer
• Chandra Simon Ritvo
• Dana Schmidt
• Donna Simkovic
• Fiona Akhtar - Board Chair
• Kasey Alderete 
• Melissa Schneider​
• Tanya Ngo, Secretary

Instructors 

• Ananda Day Cavalli - Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga
• Asiyah Abdul-Mu'min - Childbirth Prep
• Audrey Kalman - Breastfeeding Basics
• Bill White - Baby Sign Language
• Chris Corrales - Dads Labor Prep
• Catherine Crider - Childbirth Prep, Baby Care, Breastfeeding
• Carolina Hahn - Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga
• Caroline Trofatter - Infant Development, Baby Care
• Deana Dawson-Jesus - Childbirth Prep, Comfort Measures
• Erika Vetter - Toddler and Preschool Sign Language
• **Eva Roodman - Parent Baby Groups
• Grace Koinange - Sleep Support 
• Isha Santos - Prenatal Yoga, Back to You Fitness
• ​JuFen Hsu  Prenatal Yoga. Mom & Baby Yoga
• Katie Sinnott - Prenatal Yoga
• Kelli Ghanati  - Pregnancy Support Group

• ​​Lori Ismail - Natural Childbirth
• Melanie Dunne - Pregnancy Support
• ​​​​Mia Hall - Prenatal Yoga, Core-based Vinyasa Flow
• Michelle Paul-Vogel - Baby Care, Breastfeeding Basics, Lactation
• Mike Willson - CPR
• Misty Masvalo - Mom & Baby Yoga
• ​Nora Ziegenhahn - Mom & Toddler Yoga
• Reenie McCaffrey - Infant Massage
• Rotem Pearlson - Baby Care, Breastfeeding
• Rumiko Kawaguchi - Lactation
• Sandy Caldwell - Baby Care
• Sarah Zuniga - Back to You & Prenatal Yoga
• Serena Weingrod - Baby Wearing
• Siri Shakti - Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga
• Tracie Lynch - Hypnobirthing, Childbirth Prep, VBAC

Special Guest Instructors

On-Site Community Providers with in-house office hours

• Anna Hurty, Blossom Founder
• Henci Goer 
• Leslie Howard Yoga
• Moorea Malatt ( Savvy Gentle Discipline, Art & Science of Breastfeeding for Professionals)
• Phyllis Klaus

• ​Alicia Masiulis (Acupuncturist, Nutritionist & Herbal Medicine)
• David Verdier (Therapeutic Massage)
• Eva Roodman (Parent Baby Groups)
• Letavia Bernard-Williams ( Nanny and Household Placement Agency)
• Maeve Sundstorm (Midwife)