Julie Mayberry, I CAN! of Arkansas Director
Julie Mayberry, Dance Instructors, I CAN! Arts and Resource Center, Little Rock: Julie is the founder of I CAN! Dance and President of I CAN! of Arkansas Board of Directors. She is also the Arkansas State Representative for District 27, and former morning television anchor at KATV.
Kristy Summerhill, Assistant Director
Kristy is the I Can! of Arkansas Assistant director. Kristy is also teaches the Peers without Pressure social group for our older students. She has been with I Can! since 2017. Prior to working at I Can!, she was a nurse at Little Rock Children's Clinic. She studied nursing at UALR. Kristy is currently involved with the LEND program at University of Arkansas of Medical Sciences. She also is involved in Project DOCC at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Kristy has three children with disabilities.
Lauren Lundblade, ICAN! Dance Director and Conway Dance Coordinator
Lauren Lundblade, I Can! dance instructor since 2019. She is currently teaching dance in Conway at Sonshine Academy. She is currently a Speech Language Pathologist at Pediatrics Plus and is excited to combine her passions for dance and working with kids with special needs.
Anna Grace, Dance Instructor, Garland County
Anna Grace was born and raised in Glenwood, Arkansas. She graduated from Henderson State University with a BS in Family and Consumer Sciences and is currently in her last year of her Doctorate of Occupational Therapy at the University of Central Arkansas. Anna Grace has a passion of helping individuals of all abilities find joy in activities that are special to them. She has been a buddy for the Conway I Can! class for two years and is now teaching our Hot Springs classes. With her passion for occupational therapy, she is excited to bring dance and friendship to everyone in Garland County.
Zoe Mayberry, Arkadelphia
Zoe is currently a sophomore at Henderson State University majoring in special education after finding a passion of working with special needs children through volunteering in the I Can! Dance class. She has volunteered with I Can! Dance for as long as she can remember and has taught classes at the East End location for the past two years. Her sister Katie, born with Spina Bifida, was the inspiration for the class. She’s excited to continue teaching at the Arkadelphia location.
Victoria Mitchell, Jonesboro
Victoria has danced for 11 years and now teaches dance at The Floor Dance Studio in Jonesboro. She has taught dance for the last 4 years and has taught I Can! classes for 1 year. She is currently a senior exercise science major at Arkansas State University and plans to pursue physical therapy with a specialty in pediatrics.
Olivia Brewster, Benton
Olivia Brewster is a special education teacher and a special needs mom. She coached Special Olympics gymnastics for about 10 years and fell in love with the community. She took dance recreationally as a teenager and gymnastics as a child. She also taught preschool gymnastics for several years. She started teaching with I Can! last spring so she could give her son, and children like him, a fun, interactive activity that is good for the body and soul.
Julie Kay Stallcup, Pulaski County
Julie Kay is certified in teaching special needs children dance through the Rhythm Works Integrative Dance method and volunteered at The Rose Bowl Aquatics Center, Glendale Unified School District, and The Pasadena Pioneer Club teaching dance to special needs dancers. As a dance professional, Julie Kay performed as a Las Vegas showgirl at the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino in the hit show “American Superstars,” a magician’s assistant in the Kirby Van Burch Magic Show in Branson, MO, and others.
Kelly Brooks, East End
Kelly teaches our art and cooking classes. She is also our instructor for our Faithful Explorers class. Faithful Explorers is a class for adult fellowship. Kelly has a BA in fine arts from UALR. She is also a hobbyist cook.
