Amanda Canganelli

Yoga Teacher

Amanda was raised in Bellevue, Iowa along the Mississippi River.

Bobbi Kelley

Yoga Teacher

Bobbi is a former teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. When she retired in June 2019 after 34 years of teaching, she decided to pursue a long-term goal of becoming certified to teach yoga to children.

Chelle Lehman

Yoga Teacher

Chelle (pronounced Shelly) is an Iowa certified K-12 teacher with endorsements in elementary and secondary sciences.

Hanna Reese

Studio Manager + Yoga Teacher

Hanna is a graduate of the University of Dubuque with a bachelor’s in Health and Exercise Science.

Jessica Reimer

Yoga Teacher

Jessica is originally from rural Sparland, IL just north of Peoria. She has been practicing Qigong exercises since she was a small child along side her grandmother, who taught her own classes for many years and took Jessica to many workshops.

Jordan Turner

Quad Cities Regional Director

Jordan is our Quad Cities Regional Director for our Yoga in the Schools Program.

Kristy Meyer

Yoga Teacher

Kristy is a certified kids yoga instructor and loves going into the Dubuque Schools to teach mindfulness and yoga to area students.

Amy Jenkins

Curriculum Director

Amy Jenkins serves as the Curriculum Director at Challenge to Change, Inc...

Candace Pickett

Personal Trainer + Fitness Instructor

Candace Pickett is a NASM certified Personal Trainer and has been working with clients since May 2019.

Dusty Swela

Yoga Teacher

Dusty is a Mother, Wife,Business owner, Holistic Therapist, Yogi and Friend. Dusty began her career in the world of medicine in 1998 where she worked in the medical field in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Holly Flood

Yoga Teacher

Holly is a certified Yoga Instructor. She teaches adult, kid and toddler yoga and is also a Pre-K teacher at St. Columbkille School.

Jodi Wasson

Yoga Teacher

This is Jodi Wasson. She was born and raised in SE Iowa.

Julie Strittmatter

Content Contributor

Julie supports and spreads Challenge to Change’s mission all the way from Pennsylvania as a content contributor.

Laura Hodge

Compliance Officer

Laura joins our team as a certified 200-hour and 95-hour kids yoga instructor.

Anne Funke

Secondary Education Director

Anne Funke serves as the Secondary Education Director. She co-created the middle school curriculum year one that rolled out in Fall 2020, and is currently writing Years 2 and 3 for middle school and creating our high school curriculum.

Charlotte Harwood

Studio Ambassador

You can find Charlotte working the front desk at Challenge to Change!

Erin Lange

Yoga Teacher

Erin is a certified yoga instructor at the 200 hour level and a registered children’s yoga teacher.

Jenna Bell Collins

Marketing Specialist

Jenna is our Marketing Specialist as well as the creator of our Kid's Yoga Subscription Box!

Joni Puffett

Yoga Teacher

Joni received her 95 hour youth yoga certification in April of 2020 and will soon receive her 200 hr certification in November 2020.

Kristina Herr

Yoga Teacher

Kristina is a true teacher at heart. She has been a classroom teacher for the last 17 years and this year has taken on a new role as a technology teacher at Irving Elementary.