OUR INSTRUCTORS
OUR INSTRUCTORS
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
REGISTERED PATH INTL. INSTRUCTOR
After a successful career in high tech sales, Chris needed a change. She was offered the opportunity to follow her love of horses and that led to the world of therapeutic riding. She was finally where she was always supposed to be. That was in 2003 and she has never looked back. Chris received her Registered Therapeutic Riding Instructor certification in 2006 and started Miracles shortly thereafter. Miracles was formed to serve the special needs community by providing a small and personal approach to helping students better navigate the world around them.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR/LEAD INSTRUCTOR
REGISTERED PATH INTL. INSTRUCTOR
Lori is a Colorado native who grew up reading every horse book she could find, and collecting Breyer horses, until she finally got her own horse at 14. She has competed in shows and rodeos, but mostly enjoys quiet trail rides now. In 2006 she started volunteering at LifeStriders Therapeutic Riding Center, in Wisconsin, where she became a PATH Intl. Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor in 2008, combining her love of children and horses. In 2010, she left a long career in IT to become the Program Director for LifeStriders. In 2013 she moved to Cody, Wyoming to start the non-profit, One Step at a Time Therapeutic Riding Program. After serving special needs clients in the Cody area for four years, she decided she missed her family too much and moved back home to Colorado. She is happy to be back home with her family, and happy that she has found a new family at Miracles.
REGISTERED PATH INTL. INSTRUCTOR
Becky started volunteering for Chris when she was 10 and kept volunteering until she graduated high school. She left for college in Utah and got degrees in photography and English Literature. After graduation she moved back to Colorado and worked at different barns until reconnecting with Miracles and getting PATH certified in June of 2022. She has 3 kids, the oldest of which is special needs and part of the reason she became certified. At home she has 8 horses plus chickens and sheep that keep the whole family busy. Outside of horses she enjoys rock climbing, snorkeling and running terrain races.
REGISTERED PATH INTL. INSTRUCTOR
Terry grew up in Stone Mountain, Georgia, where she spent her days riding bareback through the woods. She was a summer camp counselor in North Carolina and a wrangler in Vail, and Gold Lake, Colorado. Terry loves spending time around animals of all shapes and sizes, and has worked as a pet store manager, Veterinary Technician, and in natural foods. She enjoys art, creating custom desserts, nature, and music.
INSTUCTOR
Jennifer has been with Miracles for almost 3+ years and is currently pursuing her PATH Intl certification. Jennifer has an inherent understanding of horses from being extensive horse person and owner for 40+ years. Jennifer comes from a long career as a graphic designer for many fortune 100 companies and we are fortunate enough to have her design our website, facebook & instagram as well as much of our other promotional material.
INSTUCTOR
Matthew was fortunate enough to spend his formative years cutting and herding cattle on a working cattle ranch in Agate, CO. Along with being an Assistant Instructor at other PATH programs, he is an ardent student of saddle fitting, equine nutrition, equine health and behavior, herd dynamics/communication and has extensive experience restarting horses within the natural horsemanship/liberty training disciplines.