Our Team.
We are a group with many years of combined experience around children and summer camps, although are backgrounds are quite different. Still, we all share the same passion and the same goal:
emotional resilience and an anxiety-free life. We do so through games, art projects, breathing exercises, being in nature, meditation, and more. Our methods are interactive, adaptive, and fun. We also always keep an eye out for the science on what is best for the children in our camps!
Sebastian grew up around a family who put out summer camps and he began helping lead them since a young age. He has been a soccer, tennis, and multi-sport coach teaching ages from 3-14 in organizations such as the YMCA. He enjoys camps with treasure hunts, scientific experiments and night hikes (those he liked most as a kid). He studied some Buddhist Philosophy in college where he became interested in bringing the long universal tradition of mindfulness to children in order to strenghten emotional resilience so they lead a happier life.
Amalia is an artist who has been painting for over thirty years in multiple mediums. She has worked with children in a variety of settings, such as summer camps, after-school programs, and art classes which she enjoys most as she sees the confidence that children get from creating. She emphasizes kindness when instructing and is adaptive to what the children are doing at any moment. She is the mother of Luisa and Sebastian.
Maya Sofia Enciso was trained in theatre in a performing arts school in San Diego from a young age. Her most recent roles include Mimi in San Diego Musical Theatre's Rent (2021) , and Betty the Bride in On Her Shoulders performed this year in La Joya Playhouse's WOW Festival. During the day, she works at Contento Montessori Child Care in Chula vista as an assistant teacher.
Luisa is an artistic individual who has been painting all her life, improving technique through both academic and personal projects. She previously taught art lessons to children the Bonita Musueum. Luisa is also a proficient tennis player who enjoyes hiking and practicing other outdoor sports. Thorughout her life, she has found interest in personal growth and wellness while taking courses on Learning how to Learn and the Science of Wellbeing.