Charise began her career in Special Events and Entertainment with the Walt Disney Company, as a coordinator for all events "West of the Mississippi". She then went to work for the Marriott Hotel Family. After working in Mr. Marriott's guest services corporate office for two years, Charise joined the Ritz Carleton Laguna Niguel team as a Wedding and Event Coordinator. Currently the director of Kids Are Music, she continues to combine her two loves, families and group travel! Charise is currently a motivational speaker and has conducted seminars on numerous topics including Organizational Skills, Confidence, Finding Joy in Adversity and her personal favorite... Choosing to Be Happy. Charise loves life. She has a Bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in Recreation Management and Youth Leadership. She is a mother of two sons, a darling little girl and is crazy in love with her husband Bill.
Teacher- Mitzi McBride
Mitzi has been scrapbooking for 20 years and is loving the ease of the digital scrapbooking world as she has 3 children under the age of 4! She still loves to paper craft so she makes cards and boxes to fill this need. She has taught multiple craft classes for her church including cake decorating, card making, scrapbooking 101, and digital scrapbooking 101. Mitzi was the activities director at a Family Reunion Ranch in Southern Utah for 5 years. She has lots of fun planning parties and always seems to have the perfect details to add the final touch!