
TEAM BIO

Rose Cortez
TEACHER
Rose has dedicated her path to mastery in Theatre, Arts, Yoga, & Wellness observing details to bloom everyday. She is an artist; creator/performer/playwright residing as a transplant settler in B.C. since 2009 from Toronto and an uninvited guest on Lekwungen Territory in Victoria, B.C since 2019. Rose integrates her artistic formal BFA training from York University with Southeast-Asian Wellness Theatre Arts traditions. She strives for change through healing and transformative artistic practice. Rose’s work in Theatre, Arts and Yoga communities from Victoria, Toronto, Vancouver, Seattle, Kamloops, and Haida Gwaii reflect her resilient commitment to innovate for the future of our next generation. Rose has been teaching Yoga, facilitating Creative Expressions for all ages and an ambassador to Wellness for mental, emotional and physical well-being in B.C., Canada for over a decade. Rose’s Yoga Teacher Trainings include: Modo Yoga International Toronto 2009 Flow Nicaragua 2017, Sivananda Ashram India 2010, Yin Yoga 2011, One Yoga for Youth 2013/2019
OUR TEAM




TORRANCE McCARTNEY
SUPPORT COORDINATOR

PILAR MUNOZ
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MEGAN MARIE GATES
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ALANA PIERCE
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KATIE THACKER
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SARAH MEYER
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DEENA REDMAN
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BIANCA RUFIANGE
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EM SCHNURR
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MICHEAL TORU
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LORI KALEF
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JEN MACDONALD
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SAM STREETER
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JONATHAN BOYD
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CARLY GREENE HILL
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CRISTA SHILLINGTON
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PETER SCHREURS
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TARA HEAL (on Maternity Leave)
FACULTY DIRECTOR, TEACHER

GUY FRISWELL
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