Ms. Elizabeth
/Birthday: October 10th
Hometown: Boca Raton, FL
Favorite Crayola color: Robin’s Egg Blue
Background: I first started babysitting when I was 13 years old when my twin siblings were born. Another little brother was born a year later! Whenever I am home, I still love to watch them and take them on adventures. My first official job working with kids was when I was a freshman in high school as a counselor in training at my summer camp, Lion Country Safari Day Camp. I grew up going to this camp as a kid and was so excited to volunteer there. I was there every summer throughout high school working with the kids. I then became a summer camp counselor at the YMCA for two years working with kids 5 - 13. Later, in Tallahassee, I was a camp counselor at Camp Flastacowo for one summer working with kids ages 8 - 17. In Omaha, Nebraska, I taught children’s theatre for ages 3 - 17 and co-directed Alice in Wonderland Kids. I am currently studying Theatre Performance at Florida State University and have always had a passion for working with children and theatre. Through this experience I was able to help kids find their passions within the arts and make some great memories.
I have received training on how to support children and teens with ASD from the FSU Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD).
She’s cared for children as young as: 3 months old
Future plans: My future plans are to graduate from FSU with a BA in Theatre and a minor in Hospitality Management. I’d like to pursue a career in theatre performance along with children’s theatre.
When she's not babysitting: I love spending time with the people that I love, like my family and friends. I am a big outdoors person so I also enjoy anything outside from on the water to in the woods. Being in theatre, I am a very creative person so I love to make art in all different forms from performance art to hands-on crafting and more.
Defining quote: “Don’t be afraid of life; be friends with it.” - Aqua from Aquamarine