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MEET THE STAFF
THE OWNERS
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Christopher Cote - Owner
Bio of Chris coming soon!
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Kalyanie Essue
Bio coming soon!
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Alexis Monaco
Bio of Alexis coming soon!
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Maureen (Mo) Farrell
Mo began her coaching career 10 years ago, coaching both cheerleading and gymnastics. She joined Empire’s coaching staff in 2014 when it was first established. Mo grew up doing competitive gymnastics in which she competed for a private club, high school, and college club gymnastics team. Mo also did cheerleading in high school and was named one of the captains her senior year. She appreciates the discipline gymnastics taught her, but being able to go on the competition floor with her friends was the reason she fell in love with the sport of cheerleading. Mo attended college at the University of Delaware where she majored in Psychology and Business, and recently received her master's in Sports and Exercise Psychology from Springfield College. She has experience coaching USAG levels 3-6 gymnastics, rec gymnastics, preschool gymnastics, and All-Star cheerleading levels 1-3.
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Alexis (Lexie) Shelton
This is Alexis’ first season as a member of the Empire Coaching Staff. She currently coaches our half-year junior 2.2 team along with tumbling all of Empire's half-year athletes. She started her all star cheerleading career at the age of 7 and continued until she graduated college. She was named as captain of her high school team and held the title of co-captain in college. She also has some experience in choreographing competition routines. Alexis attended Delaware State University where she received her BS in Forensic Biology and her MS in general Biology. A fun fact about Alexis is that’s she also works as a Forensic Science Examiner at the CT State Laboratory.
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Mackenzie Stansfield
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Tara Bingham
Photo and bio coming soon!
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Hannah Barry
Photo and bio coming soon!
THE FRONT DESK STAFF
THE CHEER STAFF
THE REC STAFF
Want to join the team? Apply Today!
Email us at EmpireCheerCT@gmail.com