our team
Our team is dedicated to bringing mindfulness, yoga & meditation
to our schools, community, and our world. Our leaders and teachers come together with diverse backgrounds and experiences in education, yoga and mindfulness, school counseling, music therapy, and more.
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.
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.