Meet Camp Telaphiba’s Staff Members
Camp Telaphiba’s dance teachers, camp counselors and supporting staff are committed to creating the most fun and safe environment for campers to grow and explore. With year-round training from top dance studios from around the country, Camp Telaphiba provides dance expertise for campers to sharpen their dance skills while having FUN! Interested in joining our staff? Apply here!
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Brandy
Chief Dream Navigator & Head of Camp - 10th Year Staff
Brandy has been a part of Camp T from the very beginning and has loved watching it grow into what it is today! She works at Camp T year round to make it the best it can be for our campers.
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Lisa
Founder & Chief Dreamer - 10th Year Staff
Lisa is so proud of what she has created at Camp Telaphiba, and loves sharing her passion for dance with staff and campers alike. She has 36 years of dance experience and 32 years of teaching experience, including choreographing for high school and college dance teams, and performing professionally with the Denver Nuggets, Denver Broncos, in a Las Vegas Revue and at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Lisa has owned dance studios for 22 years, and mentors dance studio owners nationwide with More Than Just Great Dancing.
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Shawna
Camp Nurse - 4th Year Staff
Nurse Shawna is mom of two, wife, and a Nurse of 17 years. Outside of dance camp, Nurse Shawna works at a level one Trauma Center in the Step Down/ICU. She enjoys traveling, spending quality time with family and friends, and being her kids biggest cheerleader in everything they do. Nurse Shawna absolutely loves making sure your kiddos stay healthy and safe at camp.
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Madison
Camp Counselor / Keeper - 3rd Year Staff
Originally from Illinois, Madison is a dancer, teacher and aspiring choreographer. She is attending Chapman University where she is double majoring in dance and communication studies. After college, she plans to move to California to pursue a career in commercial dance.
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Savanah
Camp Counselor - 3rd Year Staff
Savanah was born in Carrollton, MI where she first began her dance career at the age of two at her hometown studio, Shapes Dance and Acro. She is a dancer, singer and actress, but her #1 passion is dance! She has trained in all genres of dance, but especially enjoys jazz, contemporary, musical theater and acro. Savanah moved to Los Angeles, CA in 2017 to attend college at Studio School Los Angeles and receive her BFA in Commercial Dance. Savanah wants to pursue a career in the professional dancing and performing, as well as teaching.
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Clare B.
Camp Counselor - 3rd Year Staff
Clare is from Illinois and currently attends llinois State University as a dance education major. This will be her eighth year attending Camp Telaphiba. She was introduced to camp by Miss Pam Simpson and fell in love, and was a camper for 6 years before she becoming a CIT, and then a camp counselor!
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Eva
Camp Counselor - 3rd Year Staff
Eva recently completed her professional semester at Broadway Dance Center and is excited to pursue her professional dance career when she moves to NYC in the fall! In addition to dance, Eva is expanding her photography business, and enjoys hiking and exploring the great outdoors whenever she can. She also spend lots of time with her border collie, Pippin!
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Kaleigh
Camp Counselor - 2nd Year Staff
Kaleigh is from the Chicagoland area of Illinois. She currently attends the University of South Alabama as a biomedical major. Kaleigh is on her college dance team and teaches at a local dance studio. She has attended camp for the last seven years, first as a camper and then a CIT!
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Payton
Camp Counselor - 2nd Year Staff
Payton is from Texas and has been dancing for 16 years.! This summer will be her seventh year at camp. Payton recently graduated from Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas, where she danced on the dance team and graduated with honors with an associates degree!
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Morgan
Camp Counselor - 2nd Year Staff
Morgan is from Phoenix, AZ and grew up dancing on a performance team. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA while earning her BFA in dance theatre. She was a camper for two years, and a CIT for one.
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Claire C.
Camp Counselor - 1st Year Staff
Claire was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ and is currently pursuing her BFA in dance at the University of Arizona (bear down!). Claire has been teaching dance for three years, and is happy her career has led her to Camp Telaphiba!
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Miranda
Camp Counselor - 1st year staff
Miranda is 23 years old from Phoenix, Arizona. She has been dancing for 20 years and teaching for 5. Her favorite styles are Jazz and Contemporary. She is incredibly excited to combine her passions of dance and the outdoors at Camp Telaphiba this summer!
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Ada
Camp Counselor - 1st Year Staff
Ada’s bio coming soon!
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KJ
Camp Counselor - 1st Year Staff
KJ’s bio coming soon!