Gita is a Drama Teacher and  Expressive Arts Facilitator who has been engaging young people in Kitchener-Waterloo and surrounding area for 25 years. She has her LevelOne Theraplay Certification and is a recognized member of the International Expressive ArtsTherapy Association.

She is a graduate of the Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto and has over 30 years of acting, music and dance training. She is a Kiwanis Festival scholarship winner for excellence in Story-Telling and showing the most promise as a youth actor. Gita also holds a 1991 Outstanding Performance award from the Sears Drama Festival of Canada.

She spent 12 years as Artistic Director of Playing On The Moon Children's Theatre Arts Centre and Summer Performing Arts Experience where her students won over 200 first place awards at the Kiwanis Drama Festival. Prior to creating Playing On The Moon, Gita was the Artistic Director of the City of Kitchener's Outreach Theatre while owning and operating the Backstage Theatre School in Kitchener.

Several of Gita's students can be seen in major movies and reoccurring television roles. Some of Gita's former students are working stage actors who perform as members of the company at  The Stratford Festival of Canada, Theatre and Company and Drayton Festival Theatre.Others have gone on to work in related fields  such as stage management and in pre-production roles.  Click the Success Stories Buttonfor more information.

In 1998 Gita was contracted by Family and Children Services of the Waterloo Regionand the Waterloo Region Community Action Program for Children to write and direct KW's first touring production that addressed bullying in the school yard. The production of 'THINK'consisted of a cast of 12 youth performers and was so successful that it was invited to perform in Florida for the 1999

Orlando International Fringe Festival.

Gita spent 5 years as a Child and Youth Worker & arts facilitator for Lutherwood Coda Mental Health Services Open Custody Units, Residential Treatment Program, Adolescent Male Sex Offender Group Home, Pioneer Youth Services Aggressive Male Group Home, the Betty Thompson Youth Centreand Kiwanis House.She has successfully provided arts enrichment to clients diagnosed with various disorders such as Autism, ADHD, Pica, O.D.D. and within the P.D.D. Spectrum. Gita is formally trained in Behavior Management, Crisis Prevention and Intervention as well as Risk Management.

When she is not at her studio playing or covered in glitter, Gita can sometimes be found encouraging young performers to plant peaceful seeds, grow positive self-esteem and nurture healthy relationships through acting and expressive arts instruction at the Kitchener Market and City Hall, The Waterloo Regional Children's Museum, The Cambridge Centre for the Arts, as well as in many classrooms throughout South Western Ontario.

Gita has been a guest speaker at Wilfred Laurier's School of Social Work where she shares her expertise on using the arts to build strong inclusive communities. She is a three-time nominee for a KW Woman of the Year Awardand a four-time nominee for a KW Arts Award; all in recognition for her outstanding contributions to children in the arts.

Gita's greatest inspirations are the wonderful people that make her life complete.  Her husband Christopher (who is also her best friend) and their beautiful daughter, Kensey. Gita also wishes to thank her father for sharing his love of theatre with her and for encouraging her to do what she loves.