Parent/Guardian Advisory Panel
CFCArts strives to create a Parent/Guardian Advisory Panel composed of parents and guardians who are diverse in many ways, including but not limited to: location, race/ethnicity, education, socio-economic status, and age/grade level of child/children.
Parent/Guardian Advisory Panel members commit to:
- Being an active member of the Parent/Guardian Advisory Panel from date of admission (early January 2023) through the end of the year (December 2023)
- Attending bi-monthly meetings (every other month) to lend insight and feedback regarding CFCArts Youth Theatre programs
- Volunteering to assist with the planning, running, and promotion of bi-annual CFCArts Youth Theatre fundraising events
- Advocating for CFCArts Youth Theatre programs within the Central Florida community and your sphere of influence
Meet the Parent/Guardian Advisory Panel
Leanne Adamek
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Leanne is a wife to Rob and mother of three girls: Mikayla, Mackenzie, and Maddy. They enjoy going to the beach, road trips, and time up north in the mountains. Leanne enjoys reading, teaching, watching plays, and spending time with her family. She also volunteers at her church in the children’s ministry running a small group of fourth and fifth graders. CFCArts has been a huge part of her family’s lives since her daughter, Mackenzie joined five years ago. CFCArts is like a family, and she is blessed to be a part of such a wonderful community.
Miritza Aguilar
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Miritza is a proud mother of two, ages 23 and 18. Her experience with CFCArts has been exceptional and rewarding, as her son participated in the Youth Theatre Troupe and was the lead character of Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express. The professionalism and the dedication of the directors and assistants in CFCArts Youth Theatre Programs are beyond words. Miritza is a model and Zumba instructor, has six dogs and two cats, and loves to travel.
Tristan Bishop
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Tristan is honored to join the CFCArts Parent and Guardian Panel. Tristan and his wife Kierstyn have been married for 28 years and have three children, including Natalie (16) who is a member of the CFCArts Youth Theatre Troupe. Tristan studied vocal performance for four years at UNC-CH. He then toured for seven years as a recording artist with the House Jacks, opening for R&B legends like James Brown, Ray Charles, the Temptations, and more. Tristan enjoys every facet of musical theater, from producing to performing. As an actor, favorite roles he’s portrayed locally include Shrek, Daddy Warbucks, and the Wizard of Oz.
In 2017, the Bishop family founded Unity Players, Inc., a non-profit theatre organization that produces musicals to raise money for local children in need. Tristan directed their 2018 performance of Annie at the Dr. Phillips Center, which sold out five shows and raised thousands for Central Florida foster group homes. In 2019, Tristan wrote the Book, Music, and Lyrics for the world premiere of Bold, the Musical. In 2022 and 2023, Tristan served as the music director for student productions of Chicago and Les Miserables. Tristan is delighted and grateful to serve alongside such a mission-minded team.
Cori-Lynn Gillespie
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Cori-Lynn is excited to participate in the CFCArts Parent and Guardian Panel! She has been married to her college sweetheart for 20 years and has three daughters participating in CFCArts programs. Cori-Lynn has been singing and acting since she was three years old. In addition, she has volunteered as a VBS choir director and Kidzart junior director. Her two favorite roles are when she played Louisa in The Sound of Music and Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh. She is currently a grade level chair for fifth grade at Florida Virtual School and is working on her doctorate degree in educational leadership at Capella University.
Cindy Marie Jenkins
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Cindy and her family joined the CFCArts community after seeing their friends in Willy Wonka Jr. Since then, her son Sebastian can’t stay away from rehearsal! She is a freelance writer and editor specializing in the intersection of parenting and pop culture, and also works as an Educational Counselor for international students. Cindy is on the Board of Directors for The National Women’s Theatre Festival and her school’s PTSA.
Rebekah Kinard
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Rebekah was born in England and still holds a green card. She grew up on Long Island and played the flute in the marching band for middle and high school. Her dream was to go to NYU and study film, but she ended up being a HR Director at one of the largest mission-based nonprofits in the world. She is married to Leroy, and their daughter, Jordyn, has been active with CFCArts for the last seven years. Her hobbies are drinking coffee, reading books, and creating.
She is passionate about CFCArts because of the impact it has had in her daughter’s life in a very difficult season of her life. Rebekah’s passions are diversity, music, and her dog, Gracie!
Anna Rose Kline
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Anna is pleased to serve on the CFCArts Youth Parent/Guardian Panel. Anna is an educational publishing editor. She grew up in DeLand, Florida and participated in Stetson Community School’s Orff program, private piano lessons, and viola lessons. She later minored in Music at Stetson, playing in the University Orchestra, and performing with the Concert Choir on their European Tour and Christmas Candlelight Concerts. Anna cites her participation in the arts in her formative years as a key to building many skills that she uses in her life and business, namely teamwork, collaboration, the ability to complete long-term projects, self-discipline, uplifting those around you, and doing what you love with great passion and dedication. Anna’s daughter, Lily, is active in music and acting, having participated in multiple productions and camps with CFCArts. Each CFCArts experience has built Lily’s confidence and skill set and has connected Lily with excellent teachers and new friends. Anna appreciates the impact CFCArts has on her own family and in her community.
Toniann Lentine
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A proud but exhausted wife and mother of three, Toniann graduated from the University of Connecticut with a BA in history and political science and earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Central Florida. She served as a higher education professional and an adjunct history instructor in Boston, MA, before stepping away from the workforce and welcoming all three of her children within just 16 months! (Boy/girl twins and another boy 16 months later!) Once through the bleary and exhausting newborn days, Toniann resumed a full slate of community volunteer work. Her family moved to Central Florida in 2014, where she remains an active volunteer and shares her favorite subject with moody but truly amazing tweens and teens as a history teacher at Gotha Middle School in Orange County. Her oldest son, AJ, joined CFCArts in the spring of 2022 as a member of the Youth Vocal Ensemble and has since appeared in two of the amazing Youth Theatre Troupe productions. Impressed with the accessibility, organization, diversity, and welcoming environment of CFCArts, Toniann is honored to serve on the Parent/Guardian Panel!
Stacy Taylor
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Stacy received her Doctorate in Special Education at Nova Southeastern University. She is a doctoral level Board Certified Behavior Analyst. For over 20 years, she has worked as an early interventionist, educator, and behavior analyst. She provides services to people with developmental disabilities, learning, and behavioral challenges. Stacy is passionate about what she does at work and at home with her family. She has four amazing children, two that participate in CFCArts programs. Her daughter, Addison, is a proud member of the CFCArts UpBeat! Theatre Troupe. Her youngest son, Callahan, who has been in theatre since he was five, just joined CFCArts last year with his first production of Elf the Musical, after seeing how much fun his sister was having as a member of the CFCArts family. Stacy has loved the arts her whole life and knows the impact it can make on the lives of children and adults alike.