Pippi
I was locally raised in northern California. I first heard of capoeira
from my friend Aisha Walls (Amazonas) in 1993 while I was living in
Covelo. I took my first class from Mestre Rony in 1995 in Ukiah. It
was the greatest feeling of empowerment, community and I even learned
to play an instrument. Five months later I received my first cordoa.
I have played in rodas and taken classes in Boston, New Hampshire, Berkely,
San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Maui. I started teaching beginning adult
classes in 1997 and started teaching children’s class in 2000.
Since then I have learned about children’s development in midlines,
vestibular systems, and attention spans. I’ve learned you have
to make a game of everything. In class you have to keep changing and
adapting to whom and how many are in class, we play such games as capoeira
dodge ball, freeze tag and the tiger-tail roda.
Today I’m working on getting my AS in early childhood education
at Sonoma state through Mendocino College. I also work with the Bohemian
player’s theater group. I’m also a member of MUFF(Mendocino
unified feminist federation) I’m also happily married and taking
two years off work to raise my baby girl Lilith.
Pippi
Pippi
Professor
Maluco
