Meredith Huddleston Originally from Montgomery, Alabama, Meredith has been teaching ballet, pointe, jazz, and modern for 15 years throughout the Southeast and New York City. Beginning her serious ballet training at the age of ten with Emily Caruso, she has studied ballet with Tom Pazik, Diane Callahan, Jackie Villamil, Jolinda Menendez, Douglas Becker, and Cassandra Pfifer. Meredith holds a BA in Ballet Peda- gogy from Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia, and a MFA from New York University's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts where she was a scholarship student. In New York, she studied extensively with and danced in original works by Milton Myers, Sean Curran, David Dorfman, and Doug Varonne. Meredith performed in New York at the Down- town Arts Festival and DANCENOW, at the Joyce SoHo, the 92nd Street YMCA, St.Mark’s Church, and P.S.122. She is the proud mother of Jack Hudson and Harrison Cole and wife to pastry chef, Michael Gillet.

Henriette Dyer has over 10 years experience in the child care field. She migrated to the United States from Dominica in 1989 as a student and attended Shasta College in Redding, CA, where she accomplished a great deal of her studies in Early Childhood Education. She became an infant/toddler teacher at the age of 21 and a couple of years later continued her studies at Sacramento City College. She continued her work with young children as a preschool teacher and was quickly promoted as lead teacher many times throughout her teaching career. Henriette has taught many mommy and me and music classes for Gymboree Play & Music for 3 years and worked as a Childcare Activities Coordinator (ages 0-17yrs) for Carnival Cruise Lines for several of their itineraries. Henriette tries to make her classes fun, exciting, nurturing and knowledgeable. "All children need love and respect."

The Alliance Française is known around the world for the quality of its French. In the United States, over 100 chapters continue this tradition of excellence in teaching. The Alliance Française de Los Angeles has been serving the community for over 25 years. Our teachers are certified and native French speakers who specialize in teaching young children. Our distinctive approach features small classes and an authentic French environment where children learn about the rich culture of French speaking countries while learning the language.

Dwayne Brown A student of Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York City, Dwayne Brown aka “D Brown” has worked in the entertainment industry for almost twenty years as an accomplished emcee, dancer, and choreographer. Since 1992, Brown was the best-known emcee in Detroit expressing his charm and outgoing personality at hundreds of major events. Dwayne has the unique ability to turn a potentially dull party into a “Mardi Gras” using his charisma and talent to create excitement and inspire clients to join him on the dance floor for easy to learn dance routines he designs for every age and every occasion. So if you’re looking for the best emcee in town, look no further than the master himself, Dwayne Brown.

Desiree Lanz looks fondly upon her diverse, dynamic, and joyful childhood spent growing up with her amazing family in Los Angeles and throughout the world. A graduate of University of Colorado at Boulder with degrees in psychology and dance, Desiree has taught creative movement, worked as a behavior therapist with autistic children, and is a certified yoga teacher. In addition to her work at The Treehouse Social Club, Desiree currently teaches children at the Village Arts Center and is actively involved in the performing arts. She feels immensely privileged to engage in imaginative exploration of movement with children and is constantly renewed and delighted by the playful creative exchange that takes place during classes.

Laura Orlandino is an NASM Certified Personal Trainer/Nutritional Meal Planner/Lifestyle & Fitness Coach. Laura studied Health Science at CSUN and also pursued her degree in Business. Her hiking club for moms and all women has been in full swing for Four Seasons and was the start of her business, Full Circle Fitness LA. Health and Fitness have always been a part of her life as she consistently battled the yo-yo syndrome! The day she gave birth she had reached 201 pounds...it was time for the 'Lifestyle Change'. Laura had come 'Full Circle' in all areas of life but had somehow missed the one that was always so important, but never fully conquered. She worked with a Nutritionist and 2-year awarded Top Personal Trainer for a year to shed the last 30 of the 75 pounds lost, when she realized what she was always so passionate about had been achieved and she could now teach other people how to do the same. She then pursued her further education at the National Acadamy of Sports Medicine, where she also completed Psychology for Fitness Professionals. Coming Full Circle with health and fitness has been a dream come true and she has spent the last 3 years sharing it through personal and group classes for women, moms, kids, and babies. Laura is a single mother of 6 year old Cole and an active member of the Moms Club of Calabasas where she has served on Board as President, Membership VP, VP of Special Events/Fundraisers, and Secretary.

Maybelline Hannah, born and raised in Los Angeles, has been a lover of yoga for more than twelve years. She is certified from The Center for Yoga, studying under Julie Kleinman and James Brown. Her passion for yoga led her to study Western and Eastern Philosophies at UCLA as well as child psychology. She has always had a great passion for working with children and children have always been drawn to her. She has taught classes in movement and yoga as well as teaching privately to adults and children. "I am very excited to teach and share with the children my passion for movement, yoga, and all that it embodies."

Julie Ingram recently moved to Los Angeles from Austin, Texas. Originally from Long Beach, CA, she pursued her BA in Italian Literature from UC Berkeley and then headed to New York to intern at the Juilliard Opera Center. From there she decided to get her Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin. For the past three years, she has sung with the Austin Lyric Opera Chorus and has coordinated the Early Childhood Music Program at the Armstrong Community Music School of Austin Lyric Opera. Currently she teaches Orff classes at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music as well as a senior choir in Highland Park. She is a fan of world and folk music but feels that there is wonderful rock n' roll music that is accessible to children as well. She looks forward to quality, fun music-making at the Treehouse Social Club.