Hello! I'm Annika.
I'm excited to be spending my Sunday evenings providing safe, inclusive childcare at Mija Hot Yoga! A bit about me: I love education, expressive arts, dance and movement, creativity, play, music and storytelling. I'm a career childcare professional in that I've worked in before-and-after-school care, as a summer camp counselor, as a preschool dance teacher, as a behavioral educator and aide, as a nanny, as a neurodevelopmental movement educator, as a dance educator of over 20 years, and as an embodied expressive arts educator and therapist who works with children. I'm deeply passionate about the healthy development of young people, and am honored to be a part of their evolution.
More about me:
I was born and raised in sunny San Diego, moved to Long Beach, CA for college and stayed there for a decade before moving up to the Pacific Northwest. I love nature, art, animals, writing, photography and the humans I am blessed to call my family and friends. I am married to a cool musician dude named Dice (who you may find practicing alongside you at Mija Hot Yoga) and together (with Adrianna!) we are fostering a young cat named Charley.
I've known Mija Hot Yoga owner Adrianna Audoma for a decade and worked alongside her in a variety of roles - so feel free to pick her brain or ask her for a detailed character-analysis if you want to know more about me!