The What, the Who, and the Why
Find Your Sunshine is a multifaceted inclusive development and recreation company. We believe in the power of inclusion and advocate for inclusion to be a part of everyday life. Our mission is to build community and set a foundation for children to value all people because of their strengths and differences. At Find Your Sunshine, we have built inclusive programs that stimulate and educate children, teens, and adults utilizing a vast array of approaches, giving each student the opportunity for growth of the brain, body, and soul.
We offer programs throughout the local community and within our development and recreation center. Our programs include homeschool support, enrichment, various recreation classes(kids fit, gymnastics, yoga), community classes (such as ASL), early development classes, open gym, life skills, camps, adventure groups and more.
Meet the Team Behind the Dream
Chloe Cooper:
Director and Founder
If you can’t find her at the center, she is probably in a body of water. Chloe is our owner and founder with a background in neurodevelopment and a fierce passion for inclusion. She has an extensive background in developing inclusive programming that reaches across many people groups and builds foundations for youth communities.
Alexis Mckinney:
Special Needs Specialist
She radiates enthusiasm everywhere she goes, Alexis plays a dual role with FYS both as an individualized homeschool teacher and a program coach. Alexis is a Texas State graduate with a degree in Human Development and Family Sciences and will continue to pursue a special education certification.
Chloe Schofman:
Junior Coach
The inspiration behind how Find Your Sunshine began, Chloe takes all the pride of being a part of the success at FYS. Chloe is an avid reader and an all star athlete with a specialty in rock climbing. She is currently learning sign language to help spread our inclusive mission.
Michaela Cooper:
Child Development Director
Mom to resident therapy dog, Izzy, and the builder of all the FYS developmental curriculum, Michaela holds a degree in Human Development and Family Science. Prior to moving back to TX, she ran various child centered programs throughout Hawaii for at risk families. She plans to continue these efforts in Austin with our community outreach.
Sawyer Copeland:
Program Coach
Outside of work and school, you can find her in the gym or scoping out the best smoothies, Sawyer is a creative soul who adds so much value to our programs and always meets the kids where they are at. She is a Texas State graduate with a degree in Psychology and will soon pursue her graduate degree in Human Development and Family Sciences.
Hasan Mahmood
Administrative Assistant
The wizard of all the digital creations, excel files, documents, and just about anything done on the computer, Hasan is our all in one admin guy. When is isn’t working, he loves traveling or enjoying time with friends. With great work ethic, he is a valuable asset to our team.
Karla Molina:
Program Coach
The kid voted favorite swing pusher, Karla meet Chloe and Michaela at a UT sign language class and it’s all history from there. Karla graduated from the from the Greater Opportunity program at St. Edwards and enjoys bowling, painting, and music. She is the in house karate expert at FYS and share her artistic talents with our students as well.
Jackson Pierce aka “JP”
Program Coach
The calm, cool, and collected one of the group, you will find JP at Vandegrift High School teaching freshman English and coaching tennis during the week. He brings his love for sports, Rubik’s cubes skills, and playing the guitar to FYS. Advocating for more baseball goals at the center, he loves sharing competitive moments with our students.
Why We Are Different
Where most interventions are strictly behavior, physical, or education focused, our programs are designed to look at the whole picture and address physiological needs, primitive reflexes, neurodevelopment, learning style, emotion recognition, behavior, education, and socialization in many different ways. We promise to believe in the potential of every student who comes to us and use consistent implementation and interaction to produce new growth and change. It is our mission to uphold this promise and lovingly express our beliefs and concerns with the families we interact with.
We find our practices differ from most because we equally value physical, emotional, neurological, and social development. We address each one of these target areas within our classes and services. Additionally, we believe providing an inclusive model is the best way we can serve the community. Inclusion creates a positive and diversified learning environment for students of different abilities, races, genders, and ages. In each of our programs at Find Your Sunshine, our main goal is to assess each client individually needs and develop a clear path for them to accomplishing goals, build self-esteem, and embrace community