OWNER AND DIRECTOR ELISA DRY

Former New Mexico State Champion Gymnast Elisa Dry has been a USA Gymnastics Safety Certified Coach since 1996. She has completed training with nationally recognized programs such as The Little Gym, Patti Komara’s Tumblebear Gym Program, and USA Gymnastics. She has instructed children and youth from ages 4 months to 18 years as well as adults. She has also worked as a training manager where she developed training programs and materials. She was named 2008 Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year for the state of New Mexico. She is proud of the Tumbledown Family for receiving the 2009 Business Excellence Award presented by the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce and Century Bank.

She has been trained in early childhood and youth development with CARE International, the Peace Corps, and as a graduate student at Clark University. She is child and adult CPR and First Aid certified.  She recently traveled to London and achieved her Level 1 Parkour Coaching Certification.

Coaching gymnastics has helped finance her education and given her the skills and self confidence to achieve her goals as an academic and development practitioner. She values her interaction with children and enjoys learning from them as well.

SENIOR COACH AMY BONAL

Amy has been coaching at Tumbledown since October of 2007. She graduated from Santa Fe High School in 1993. She has been married for nine years and is the mother of two children Autumn and Alora. She has worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant and Orthodontic Assistant. She is currently pursuing a degree in Exercise Science at Santa Fe Community College. She is USA Gymnastics Safety Certified.

AMY STANTON

Amy Stanton graduated from the University of NewMexico with her BS in Psychology and an MA in Recreational Therapy. After working for seven years in psychiatric facilities with children through adults, Amy earned her teaching license. The birth of her daughter meant staying home for a couple of years. However, it didn’t mean being any less busy. Amy was President of MOMS Club,her homeowners’ association and of the PTA at her daughter’s school.  All this work both paid and volunteer have led to a strong belief that children must have a supportive community in order to thrive. This belief is what drives her work for Tumbledown.

COACH JORDYN BARELA

COACH RAIN MONCRIEF

Rain is a full time student at Santa Fe Community College.  He has been free running for 5 years.  His goal is to open his own free running gym.

COACH IZZY SHARPE

COACH KAYLA SALYER

CHAD MORRIS

Chad was raised in a small farming and ranching community.  He grew up like most youngsters making his own toys and creating playgrounds from landscape.  During high school Chad participated in football, track and  limited basketball…  He spent many  seasons in the Northern New Mexico area on the exploring mountains on skis, on bike, on foot, and enjoying the rivers as the snow melted.  Although, he claims to also water ski, no one has seen this actually occur…

Due to the rural area of his youth, most of his gymnastics skills and terminology was relatively home grown.  However, his book keeping skills, and business sense are invaluable to the gym, as well as his constant smile and quirky sense of humor.

COACH ASHLEIGH MORRIS

Ashleigh Morris is from Augusta, Georgia where she trained in gymnastics through low-level team competitions and as captain of her high school cheer leading squad. For the past 10 years, she and her husband, David, have made Santa Fe their home. Ashleigh previously worked as a writer and editor for publications in the United States and abroad (including several years as editor in chief of Santa Fean magazine and in Moscow, Russia). She is now earning her law degree from the University of New Mexico and will be clerking for Justice Charles Daniels of the New Mexico Supreme Court. Despite an extended absence from gymnastics, she and her husband are now regulars at Tumbledown’s adult classes, proving that you can take up the sport at any age. Their daughters, Ryan and Erin, are also regulars at Tumbledown.

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COACH DAVID LAWRENCE

David Lawrence is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, where, as a kid, he briefly trained in circus skills with a gymnastics coach.  He is now a forester for the Santa Fe National Forest and father of two girls—Ryan and Erin. After they began gymnastics at Tumbledown, he began adult gymnastics and is hooked, attending adult gymnastics and parkour and volunteering at open gym.