Well, well, well! Let me blow the cobwebs off of my blog, and for what better purpose than to introduce you to Robinsongs For Kids' new teacher: Catalina Arango! Catalina completed the Music Together® teacher training recently and has been apprenticing with me this summer. She will be teaching 2 classes this fall: Monday at 10:00 and Wednesday at 9:00. I did a little interview with Catalina - here's how it went!
RR (me): I love your accent; where are you from?
Catalina: Thanks! I am originally from Colombia, and I lived in Mexico for 7 years before moving to Ann Arbor 4 years ago.
RR: Wow! What did you do in Mexico?
Catalina: I was an elementary school teacher; I taught kindergarten through 3rd grade!
RR: What brought you to Michigan?
Catalina: I came here to get my Masters in School Counseling at Eastern Michigan University. While here I have subbed in the Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Milan school systems.
RR: Boy, you have been busy! How do you unwind?
Catalina: I do yoga! In fact, I am a registered yoga teacher, RYT, through Yoga Alliance, and I'm a certified kids yoga teacher through Rainbow Kids Yoga.
RR: What? Kids Yoga! Do you mean we could get a class going of downward facing puppies?
Catalina: We could!
RR: Something to think about! Hey, who is your favorite musician?
Catalina: I love Sting, and an Argentinian artist: Gustavo Cerati.
RR: Gotta love Sting. What's your favorite kind of food?
Catalina: I love Indian food, Thai, Italian, and Arabic - I'm a vegetarian!
RR: Yum - it all sounds good to me! What is your favorite thing about Michigan?
Catalina: The seasons, and the fact that there are so many trees here you get to see the seasons in all their splendor! We don't have seasons in Colombia - it is on the equator!
RR: What's the most important thing you would like Ann Arbor families to know about you?
Catalina: I would like them to know that teaching the benefits of music, yoga and art to children is my mission in life, and, more important, what I love to do.