Meet Our Team

The Block 8 Team is made up of a diverse group of members who all share a passion for guiding and supporting children . We hold degrees in Education, Anthropology, Business and Physical Therapy. Some are also educated in Behavioural Intervention and Special Education. Our multicultural, multi-generational team combines experience and energy to ensure our students are engaged, educated.. and having fun!

 Each team member has a valid first aid certificate and has completed training in child development. 

Cindy Sepp

Owner,  Teacher

Cindy is a BC certified teacher who is known for her innovative techniques of combining games, field trips, music, stories and learning.  Cindy has led children on international trips while teaching about cultural differences and has delivered musical productions while instilling musical knowledge, leadership qualities and organizational skills in the students.  Currently pursuing her certificate in Intercultural Studies, Cindy has lived, worked, photographed and studied the local culture in 4 different countries.  Her stories keep children entertained while they gain an understanding of how vast the cultural differences can be within our city and our world.

​Miss Cindy's goal is to create opportunities for learning while the students play, do artwork, make and listen to music, and engage in physical activities. Cindy has her ARCT from the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music and uses Orff and Kodaly methodologies combined with folk songs in her teaching.  

Danita Sepp

Owner

Danita is both an entrepreneur and a mother, and has spent many years in the BC swimming and Canadian National Rowing Team worlds.  

With a  BCOMM majoring in computer science, from UBC, she spent many years in software development.  Now, however, she has chosen a more flexible career which has her  devoting her time to setting up childcare instead of information systems (although they truly have many similarities!).  Having been an athlete and coach at various levels, she enjoys motivating groups of children to attain the highest level of performance possible, understanding that achieving excellence is a state of mind.  

​Her experience with Canadian and Estonian National Rowing teams has given her insights into different motivational techniques and how they can apply to different individuals.  ​

Roxanne

Child Care Worker,
​Accounts Manager

Roxanne is one of our most creative staff members! She loves to organize unique, hands-on projects with the kids and go exploring around the community. 

Miss Roxanne worked as a Watershed Educator/Community Artist and was also a Chep Program Coordinator at Youth Co. Through that, she designed and presented workshops to spread awareness about Hepatitis C at youth events. Roxanne also has a diploma in Criminology and has plans to use her diploma to help troubled children grow and develop through creative expression.

Roxanne is also an author of a children’s book called “Mermaids Can and Do have Tattoos” about tattoos, self-image, and loving yourself. 



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Katherine 

Child and Youth Care Worker,
​Program Administrator

While raising her own three children, Katherine earned diplomas in Child and Youth Care and in Early Childhood Education Assistance and graduated top of her class in 2016. She is also trained in Behavioural Intervention, non-violent crisis intervention and first aid. Katherine’s practicum program in School District 41 gave her experience developing activity-based programs while mentoring individual students.

Though her schooling is integral to her capability of supporting children, her passion in raising her own children for over 20 years has been fundamental in hands-on experience.

Miss Katherine provides a supportive environment for children and youth and has been recognized for abundant patience and ability to maintain calm in the midst of crisis. She is compassionate and inclusive with personal experience being supportive of children and youth in the LGBTQ community.   
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Colette

Performing Arts Guest Instructor
Virtual Programs Instructor

​Colette is a mutli-disciplinary theatre artist and instructor based out of Scarborough, Ontario.

​After completing her Certificate in Musical Theatre Performance at the American Musical and Dramatic Acadmey in New York City, she returned to Canada to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Arts Managament and teach Musical Theatre, Drama, Dance and English skills to children ranging in age from 5-15.

Passionate about sharing her love for the arts with her students, Colette  empowers them to dream big, get outside of their comfort zones, and express themselves fully and authentically. 

Colette has been performing, producing and directing as a theatre artist for over 15 years, and has been recognized with various honours for her performance work.

She is also a provincial level debater, and has been recognized for her exemplary writing skills, including being published in a youth anthology of historical fiction stories.

When she's not teaching, or performing, you can find Colette working on her original webseries, cooking, playing board games or creating videos for her
TikTok account which has amassed over 10k followers. 
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Colette is so excited to be bringing virtual programming to Block 8 and can't wait to work with your kids!

Sarah

Child Care Worker

​All the way from India, we have Ms. Sarah, an Occupational Therapist, freelance content writer, and
more importantly a mother of two.

Ms Sarah has her Masters in Occupational Therapy (Neurosciences) from India and has many years of experience working with children with different needs.
She hopes to work her way towards becoming a licensed Occupational Therapist in BC, in the near
future.

​Presently, Ms. Sarah is enjoying being with the kids at Block 8 Academy, raising her own
brood, and pursuing her love of writing!

Courtney

Child Care Worker & Driver​

Miss Courtney's bio is coming soon!

Erin

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Child Care Worker & Driver

Miss Erin's bio is coming soon!

Mackenzie

Child Care Worker

​Miss Mackenzie has lots of energy and loves to get the kids excited about activities and adventures! 

Miss Mackenzie is attending university and will make a wonderful teacher soon. She has experience working with a hydro-physio therapy program for children with physical and mental disabilities where she worked directly with the children in the water in a one on one setting.

Miss Mackenzie also works as a one on one support worker with an elementary school aged child. ​

She has lots of unique ideas for activities, is great at solving problems under pressure is also very patient in stressful situations.
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Mila

Child Care Worker

Miss Mila is currently a student at the UBC and studying to become a teacher. She also holds an IB Certificate in History, Psychology and English Literature. 

She has experience in community event planning, summer camp programming, children’s birthday parties, coaching, tutoring and leading school programs for Grades 2-8. She enjoys teaching history, environmentalism and community, art, English and world literature. 

An active member of the New Westminster community, she is passionate about volunteering and is very thankful for opportunities to get involved in the Lower Mainland, including with Ronald McDonald House Charities in BC. 

In her spare time, Miss Mila enjoys reading, hiking with her dog and staying active outdoors!​

Rachel

Child Care Worker & Driver

Miss Rachel is a teacher in training who is currently working on her bachelors degree in education and French at SFU. She’s passionate about children and being outdoors, both of which she is happy to be able to do at Block 8. She values staying active and being respectful and hopes to instill that in the children she’s working with.

Emine

Child Care Worker

Emine's bio coming soon!

Braeden

Child Care Worker & Driver

Braeden's bio coming soon!

Corey

Child Care Worker & Driver

Miss Corey's bio is coming soon!

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