Meet the Amazing Instructors
Hello, I'm Wyatt! I live in Orlando, FL, with previous stops in Princeton, NJ, and Rockville, MD. I have amazing parents, Ian and Debbie, two great sisters, Samantha and Miley, and a happy 2-year relationship with my girlfriend Robbi.
Professionally, I work as a virtual personal trainer and am certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. I am a gym rat who frequently spends more time at the gym than at home. I am an avid ukulele player, sand volleyball player, and board gamer. One of my favorite songs to play is "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and one of my favorite board games is "Catan".
Maxwell McGleughlin is a music producer, singer, and writer from Cambridge MA. In his free time, he enjoys working with young people of all ages on creative projects spanning from beat making and songwriting to reading and writing-based projects such as screenplays and short stories. Max gets excited about blending genres and collaborating with others, finding joy in working at the intersections of many types of ideas and all kinds of people!
Simon Morrison is a writer, director, and actor who works in both film and theater. Professionally trained in theater at the British American Drama Academy and Shakespeare Academy at Stratford, Simon brings a passionate and creative approach along with his years of experience as a teacher, youth worker, and private acting coach. For Simon, helping students explore and discover the joys of theater and storytelling is a reward in itself. Simon lives in New York City. In his spare time, he loves to cook, hang out with his friends and watch sports :)
Sean Michael Conway is an actor, comedian, and producer based in Los Angeles, CA. He attended Bucknell University, where he majored in Managing for Sustainability and Theater. Sean has worked in theater and film, performed stand-up comedy, and taught both. He has numerous film and production credits.
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Some films I've acted in include Dead Till Death, Ellipses and Semicolons, Ouija Witch, and House of Brotherly Love. I also produced and acted in a film called The Associate. You can check out Dead Till Death on Amazon Prime and The Associate on the indie film platform Retrospective of Jupiter.
Born in San Salvador, El Salvador and raised in the Washington Metropolitan area, I am a native Spanish speaker and one of my passions is teaching others about my language and culture! I attended Towson University and have a degree in Psychology which sparked my interest in working with different communities, including Best Buddies and other local organizations. In my free time, I love dancing, traveling and spending time with my family in Maryland & El Salvador and my tiny puppy, OSITA (Spanish for little bear!) nos Vemos en la clase de español!
I teach French at the Gilman School, an all-boys school in Baltimore. I grew up in Tunisia and was born in a city called Bizerte on the Mediterranean sea, the most Northern Point of Africa. In my free time I enjoy reading, cooking, and water sports, particularly rowing. I am thrilled to join the Sunshine projects team and look forward to our time together!
I like pop culture (monga anime dc comics wb animations, adult cartoons, video games), rock music meat dogs, roller coasters laser tag go karts cars hiking and traveling TV and movies, trying food and drinks and snacks and sodas godzilla and transformers and high ropes and sword play and archery and martial arts and biking and swimming and acting dancing and singing And playing games.
Eliana Williams is a storyboard artist, writer, and painter from Maryland. She studied animation and art at both University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Montgomery College. She loves to teach, and help people realize anyone can create art. On the weekends, she teaches the youth class at her church, and experiments with abstract paintings with her twin sister, Tati. Inclusivity is an extremely important message she wants to share to change the world, and believes art as an expression is a strong tool to do so. When she isn’t working on updating her portfolio, she loves to bake, watch animated TV shows, and play video games.
My formal training began in 1985 with an A.S. degree in Culinary Arts and a B.A. in Food Service Management from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI. Since an early age, I have loved food. I come from a family that always had a hot meal on the table and enjoyed meals together. Dinner time was very important to us, and with immigrant grandparents, there was all sorts of cuisine on our table, from Greek to Slovak. After attending college, I trained and worked in some top-notch hotels, restaurants, country clubs, and food service companies throughout the East and West Coast, holding various management positions. I was also very fortunate to have the opportunity to live overseas in Australia for some time and travel the world for a year, which led me to experience many different cuisines and cultures. In recent years, I was a former culinary instructor at Anne Arundel Community College and coordinated a kid’s cooking program at a local elementary school. I hold a ServSave Certificate for sanitation and prioritize food safety. Currently, when not cooking for the Sunshine Projects, I also volunteer with Gigi’s Playhouse as a volunteer chef coordinator for their online national cooking program for adults with Down Syndrome. For my day job, I am a “Catering Consultant” For Main & Market Catering in Annapolis. I truly love what I do and feel very blessed to be able to share my talents and expertise with so many. I live in Annapolis, Maryland, and I have been married to my husband, Tim for 21 years. We have a 15-year-old daughter named Lucy. “Life is good. Keep on cooking.”
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Rachael began practicing yoga in 2014 while backpacking through Central America. She then deepened her practice over her university years in Vancouver, Canada. Over the summers of her university years, she served as a summer camp site coordinator for numerous camps including grandparent camp and camps for children and adults with special needs, and she brought yoga to their camp experience. Holism is a priority for Rachael, and she completed her yoga teacher training with the Holistic Yoga School in Loveland, Colorado. She crafts yoga classes with a balance of body and mind and exposure to both Eastern and Western schools of thought. Some fun facts about Rachael are that she can drive a tractor and has worked as a pirate at a Renaissance fair.
Natasha Hawkins began dancing at the age of four at the RJV School of Dance in Washington, DC, and has never loved anything more! Hawkins has trained with local and national talent in hip-hop, ballet, and modern. She was the former Director of DCypher Dance, Joy of Motion Dance Center’s Resident Adult Hip Hop Company, and a dancer with Life, Rhythm, Move Project. Hawkins has performed at venues throughout the region, including the White House, The Kennedy Center, the National Theater, the Atlas Performing Arts Center, and the Jack Guidone Theater.
Pauline Scully is based in sunny California! She has a background in hip-hop dance from high school through college. Though she is currently a filmmaker and video producer, she still shows her love for dance by producing professional dance films that have been screened in festivals. She also started a weekly online hip-hop dance class back in 2020 for her brother Brandon, who currently participates in Sunshine Projects events, and his friends. Pauline is thrilled to collaborate with Sunshine Projects and is excited to dance with you every Monday!
Eva Lee is an actress and a director. She directed Girlhood at Round House Theatre which received recognition from Playbill and a wonderful review from Broadway World. She has had three leading roles and three supporting roles in various short films as well as a role in a TV commercial. She has trained as an actor for five years and spent two months continuing to study acting at the New York Film Academy and NYU TISCH for a summer program at Stonestreet Studios which earned her 6 college credits. Eva has performed in five other theatrical productions including some musicals. In her free time, she enjoys studying chemistry, law, writing narratives and has a background in over 15 sports as well as having training in stage combat.
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