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Owner

Pam Evans

Pam is the owner of Gold Star Gymnastics. She began gymnastics classes at Gym West (formerly located in Palo Alto) when she was 6, progressing through to optional levels of competition. She began coaching gymnastics in high school, and replaced beam work-outs with dance classes. Since this time Pam has coached across the country taking on a different facet of the sport in each gym. [...]

Managerial Staff

Owen Heery	Owen is our Head Coach. He comes to us with over 20 years of experience including 10 years as a high level competitive coach. He was born in Ireland, and grew up training with his brothers. His brothers retired as internationally ranked gymnasts, while Owen found his talent for coaching quite young. Owen came to Gold Star in 2002 with his Safety Certification, C.P.R. and First Aid Certifications. [...]
C.C. Codero	C.C. is our Program Director and Head All-Star Cheer Coach. She has been at Gold Star since the day the doors opened. She knows everything and anything about the gym. Many of you have had the good fortune to know her as a coach. She can teach it all, and approaches every child with enthusiasm and consideration.[...]
Chris Daffron	Chris began coaching in 1998 in Texas, and came to Gold Star in 2004. Chris started teaching preschool through compulsory levels for both boys and girls teams, plus cheer. When he left Texas he was running a gym, not only coaching but billing, scheduling, staffing, managing, even maintaining the facilities. He has his U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certification, First Aid and CPR certifications. [...]
Chris Garcia	Chris has been with Gold Star since 2000, and has taught in practically every aspect of our program: Mini-Stars, school-aged boys and girls gymnastics, and our Level 4 team. He has gained the respect of every coach on staff because of his extensive knowledge of gymnastics in general and Gold Star in particular, paired with his easy going nature and upbeat style of teaching. [...]
Chasity McMillan	Chasity came to Gold Star in the winter of 2009 after having coached for 11 years in Texas teaching all levels from Parent/Tot classes through Competitive Teams. She began as a gymnast at 8 years old. She earned her Bachelor’s in Journalism and Public Relations from Texas A&M in 2008, then moved to California. [...]
Elaine Hirose	Elaine is our Office Manager and has been the public face of Gold Star every weekday morning since 2001. She is C.P.R. and First Aid certified. She alone is in charge of maintaining our waiting lists, as so many of you have come to know her through your voicemail. She also is administrative coordinator for our birthday parties, and does a multitude of other clerical duties. [...]   BACK TO TOP

Coaching Staff

A.J.	A.J. began coaching at Gold Star in the spring of 2008, but he has been a member of the Gold Star family for years. In 2006, A.J. joined our hip hop team and contributed to the squad qualifying to Nationals for the past three years. He has so much enthusiasm for hip hop that he started a hip hop club at his high school. He is currently enrolled at DeAnza, where he continues to dance, and has his U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certification plus C.P.R. and First Aid. [...]
Aleks	Aleks joined the staff at Gold Star in the fall of 2010. She currently balances community college and coaching.  Aleks was a dancer for the past five years, and has quickly been adopted by our Rhythmic program.  She has received her U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certification, and on Saturday mornings she can be found leading MiniStar classes. [...]
Alycia	Alycia started coaching at Gold Star in the fall of 2009, after becoming a member of the GSG Senior All-Star Cheer Team. She started taking gymnastics classes when she was a toddler and continued through elementary school. She began cheerleading in 6th grade and has won numerous awards for both team competitions and stunting. Before she started coaching, Alycia taught at cheer camps and babysat her cousins. [...]
Amelia	Amelia began working at Gold Star in the winter of 2010, while continuing to coach at another local gymnastics club. Amelia received her Bachelors from UC Santa Cruz in 2008, is First Aid and CPR certified and has her USA Gymnastics Safety Certification. She has spent this winter coaching gymnastics in the Bay Area during the week, and teaching skiing up in Tahoe on the weekends. [...]
Amy D.	Amy came to Gold Star in 2011 as a parent of two MiniStar students.  She was a cheerleader starting in middle school and continuing through college, where she was awarded National Cheerleading Association’s All-American Cheerleader in 1996 and 1997.  Amy graduated from the Rice University with a Bachelor’s in English, Art & Art History, and a Master’s in Architecture, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Art History from Stanford University. [...]
Anastasia	Anastasia began teaching in our Rhythmic Gymnastics program in the spring of 2004, added several MiniStar classes to her schedule in the fall of 2005, and took over as coordinator of our Rhythmic Program in 2007. She is U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certified, First Aid and C.P.R. Certified. Anastasia started training as a Rhythmic Gymnast at the tender age of five. [...]
Ashley	Ashley started at Gold Star as a member of our Senior All-Star Cheer Team in 2007 a team which has qualified to Nationals every year. Ashley has earned a U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certification. She has been a cheerleader for 5 years, a soccer player for 9 years and a softball player for 10 years (placing 7th in the Western World Series in Seattle in 2004). [...]
Brianne	Brianne began coaching at Gold Star in the spring of 2010, but she has been part of the Gold Star family on our Cheer and Hip Hop teams since the very first season in 2001.  She is currently competing on our Senior Cheer Team, and has received her U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certification.  An exceptional athlete, her team has won multiple Regional titles, [...]
Camilla	Camilla returned to Gold Star in the fall of 2010 as a coach.  Camilla had been a member of our competitive team from 2003-2008, winning  when she left to explore other sports.  She came back to the gym to teach and has proven herself as a natural coach.  Her attention to detail, focus on the children, and knowledge of the sport have made her extremely effective. [...]
Caity	Caity began at Gold Star in spring of 2010.  She is no stranger to the cheerleading scene, having been on our cheer and hip hop teams since their inception in 2001, and earning national titles every year. Caity has lived the cheer life since childhood, with her mom in charge of Mountain View Pop Warner Cheerleading and the assistant director of Cheer & Dance here at Gold Star, [...]
Carrie	Carrie joined Gold Star’s billing department in the fall of 2010.  She has more than 20 years of experience in accounting at several major corporations.  Carrie has raised 3 children of her own, including Marc, our well-loved GSG hip hop coach.  We are thrilled to have her expertise to help us keep our books on the straight and narrow, adding in a few hours to the end of her day to come hang out in our kid-filled, energy-buzzing, high-flying establishment. [...]
Cassidy	Cassidy began coaching at Gold Star in the spring of 2010, but has been on our cheer and hip hop teams since 2003.  Cassidy’s cheer teams have always qualified to Nationals, earning multiple titles.  Having wanted to coach since she was 9, Cassidy is the 4th sister of the Coates family to work for Gold Star. She is already living up to her family reputation, showing her natural ability with children through her shining enthusiasm. [...]
Carolyn	Carolyn is assistant head coach of our All-Star Cheer Squads. Carolyn has been coaching cheerleading since 1992, and is First Aid and C.P.R. certified, and has a U.S. All-Star Federation Level 3 Certification for Cheer and Dance Teams. In the summer of 2003 she also became U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certified and completed the U.S.A. Gymnastics Kinder Accreditation Training for teaching preschool gymnastics. [...]
Corinna	Corinna began working at Gold Star in the spring of 2011.  She came to us from another local gym where she had taught children from preschool through pre-team levels since 2009, and taught swimming lessons and lifeguarded since 2006.  Corinna was a competitive gymnast, advancing through Level 7, and came to Gold Star via our adult gymnastics classes. [...]
Courtney	Courtney coaches our Level 5-9 team, attending their competitions on the weekends, but by day she is a systems design engineer. She has been coaching since high school, working her way through Stanford by assisting the Stanford Team, and has been with Gold Star since 2000. She trained as a gymnast and competed through Level 9 (just two steps below the Olympic Level), then went on to study dance for six years. [...]
Coy	Coy began coaching at Gold Star in the summer of 2005. He comes to us with over 20 years of teaching experiences. He began choreographing in 1990 for various hip hop groups. Over the years his resume has come to include teaching folk dance to youth organizations in San Jose; running street dance master classes for Foothill College; choreographing for the San Jose Civic Light Opera; originating the Filipino Folk Dance performing group for Los Altos High School; [...] BACK TO TOP
Crystal	Crystal began coaching for Gold Star in summer of 2005, after cheering for the GSG All-Star Cheer teams for four years. Her All-Star Cheer squads have qualified to Nationals every year, and she has traveled across the United States to represent Gold Star in cheer competitions. Crystal holds a U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certification, C.P.R. and First Aid certifications, and a U.S. [...]
Erin	Erin started coaching at Gold Star in the summer of 2011, balancing her teaching with her high school classes, and her gymnastics work-outs as a member of our highest level Girls Artistic Team.  She has her USA Gymnastics Safety Certification.  Erin began at Gold Star in our KinderStar classes during the gym’s first years in the late 1990’s. [...]
Inbar	Inbar joined the coaching staff at Gold Star in the winter of 2011, but she is no stranger to the gym.  She has been a student here since 2006, and continues to work-out a couple of times a week.  As the big sister to three siblings, she has been intimately acquainted with our preschool program.  Inbar stood in quite a few times as the “parent” in her little brother’s KinderStars class, and proved to be so capable that it was our preschool staff who recommended her. [...]
Jen	Jen came to Gold Star in the spring of 2009 with seven years of experience coaching gymnastics. She has taught all levels and ages from toddlers through adult classes, and beginner through team level classes. Jen is currently employed as a P.E. teacher at four of our local schools, yet has found that she loves to be in the gym too much to give up coaching completely. [...]
Jessica	Jessica started working at Gold Star in the fall of 2007, but she has been around gymnastics and coaching gymnastics all of her life. She began gymnastics classes as a preschooler, and even when she switched her bar grips for ballet shoes she continued to come to work with her mother, our own fabulous Coach Joy. Jessica shows as much enthusiasm and dedication to the children as her mother, [...]
JoJo	JoJo began coaching at Gold Star in the spring of 2007. He teaches in our MiniStar, recreational, camp, and birthday party programs; is a member of our Hip Hop team; and in 2009 began coaching in our hip hop program. JoJo has his U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certification, and is C.P.R. and First Aid Certified. He currently attends Foothill studying Radiology. [...]
Joy	Joy has been teaching gymnastics, fitness and music to children for over 25 years, and came to Gold Star in the summer of 2005. She has coached gymnastics at the YMCA and in private clubs, is a music teacher, and has taught Physical Education at local elementary schools. Joy earned an A.A. in Early Childhood Education from Canada College, and a B.A. in Creative Arts from San Jose State University. She is CPR and First Aid Certified, [...]
Katy	Katy has been coaching since 1999, and came to Gold Star in 2004. She started gymnastics classes at the age of 2, finishing her career as a Rhythmic Gymnast training to compete Level 8. Katy began coaching as soon as she stopped competing, teaching parent/tot and preschool classes. [...] BACK TO TOP
Kayla	Kayla has been part of our Gold Star family since 2002 as a member of our All-Star Cheer and Hip Hop teams. She is the fourth in the family line of beloved staff members as her two older sisters and her mother all have worked for Gold Star; and along with her younger sister all continue to be active in our cheer programs. She came to Gold Star having been involved in cheerleading since she was five. [...]
Kim	Kim began coaching the GSG All-Star Cheer team in 2002, and took on the challenge of MiniStars and recreational gymnasts in 2004. She is currently attending San Jose State majoring in Child Development, and has U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety, First Aid and C.P.R. certifications, and a U.S. All-Star Federation Level 5 Certification for Cheer and Dance Teams. Kim has cheered competitively since 1995 with her high school, Pop Warner, and Gold Star. [...]
Kim H.	Kimberly came to Gold Star as a member of our afternoon front desk staff in the summer of 2011, but she is no stranger to the gym.  Having been a competitive gymnast through grade school, for a few years in high school she coached in our MiniStar and Recreational programs.  Even after she left, her connection to the gym continued as her mother and sister have both worked for Gold Star throughout the last decade. [...]
Kristen	Kristen came to Gold Star in the spring of 2011 while continuing to also coach for another local gymnastics club.  She is certified in First Aid, is studying Psychology and Fitness at Foothill College, and will attend San Jose State in 2012 to pursue a B.A. in Psychology. [...]
Krysteena	Krysteena began coaching at Gold Star in the fall of 2010, juggling training and teaching with her five-day a week team work-outs.  Krysteena has been a student at Gold Star since 2003, joining the competitive team in 2004, and has received her U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certification.  For Krysteena, [...]
Laura	Laura started at Gold Star in the winter of 2006 with five years of experience coaching toddlers through PreTeam gymnasts both at our gym (for a short while a number of years ago) and at one of those other local clubs. Laura began gymnastics at the age of seven and since then has not strayed to far from a gym. As a gymnast she trained through optional levels, competing Levels 5 & 6, qualifying to Zones and States. [...]
Marc	Marc has been part of Gold Star since 2003 – dancing with our Senior Hip Hop team since its inception, and contributing to all of their first place finishes. He spent his earlier years on the football field, playing for 9 seasons. Currently Marc is attending DeAnza College. He holds both a U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certification and a Red Cross C.P.R. Certification. In 2005, Marc began teaching at Gold Star and is currently dancing with our College Hip Hop team. [...] BACK TO TOP
Marissa	Marissa started coaching in the summer of 2011, after having been a student at Gold Star since 2002.  She started gymnastics at the age of 7 in our Girls Red classes and advanced through to our Level 8 team, winning the title of State Champion in Levels 4, 5, 6, and 7!  Marissa then traded in her bar grips for track shoes, and somewhere between her senior year in high school and cross country training and meets, she finds time to coach our Teen class. [...]
Melissa	Melissa started working at Gold Star during the summer of 2002, and she immediately showed that she is a natural gymnastics teacher. She spent five years from junior high through high school, in competitive gymnastics. Melissa received her U.S.A.G. Safety Certification, and is C.P.R. and First Aid certified. She is currently enrolled in the Radiology program at Foothill. [...]
Michelle	Michelle began coaching at Gold Star in the winter of 2011, having been a student in our adult gymnastics class.  Michelle has been teaching since 2009 in competitive Jump Roping and is an Athletic Trainer.  Her infectious smile and constant vigor has made her a favorite of our Saturday morning students.  Currently she is working in our Rhythmic program, and showing off her hand-eye coordination, honed from years of jumping rope, now expanded to throwing balls, hoops, and ribbons. [...]
Nadia	Nadia has been at Gold Star since 2000, and in this time has captured the hearts of countless preschoolers. She brings 20 years of teaching expertise with her from Russia. She began her career as an elementary school teacher, and then moved on to sports and fitness. Just before immigrating to the U.S. she headed a very prestigious summer camp in Bulgaria for the children of elite Russian families. [...]
Natasha	Natasha joined Gold Star in 2009 after coaching in the Bay Area for the past decade – teaching all levels of gymnastics, working as a receptionist and helping with the billing for a neighboring club. Natasha is an internationally acclaimed gymnast (competing under the name Natalia Kalinina). She was born in the Ukraine, starting gymnastics at the tender age of six. Natasha is a former member of the all but undefeatable Soviet team from 1989 to 1992, becoming a part of the Ukraine team from 1992 to 1995. [...]
Paul	Paul came to Gold Star in the spring of 2006 after an illustrious career in competitive gymnastics. He began taking classes when he was in elementary school in Ireland and proceeded to compete internationally on the Irish Junior National Team, ultimately becoming All-Around Champion for the Senior National Team in 1985. He came to the Bay Area in the 1980’s and has been coaching ever since. [...] BACK TO TOP
Phil	Phil has been working at Gold Star since 1997. In this time he has taught all levels from preschool through competitive boys and girls teams. Currently he is one of our Adult Gymnastics coaches and we are thrilled to have him back. Phil was a gymnast himself and originally came to Gold Star through our adult classes. He is not only U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certified, C.P.R. and First Aid Certified, but is an active E.M.T. and is training to become a paramedic. [...]
Rachel	Rachel began her gymnastics career at Gold Star at the age of eight and advanced through to compete as a Level 9 gymnast (just 2 steps away from the Olympic team!).  She started coaching in the summer of 2011, and has become a wonderful addition to our Saturday staff.  Rachel spends her weekdays on the track and field team where she has translated her love of flipping in the gym into soaring over the bar as a pole vaulter. [...]
Ronney	Ronney came to Gold Star in the fall of 2007 as Director of our boys gymnastics program. He is a true professional coach, having taught gymnastics to every age group, beginner through the highest levels of competition since 1991 in gyms throughout the south bay. Ronney began his career as a gymnast and competed up to the level just before elite. He then went on to become a professional football player in the Canadian League. [...]
Ryan	Ryan began coaching at Gold Star in the fall of 2004. Ryan has been a member of the GSG award-winning All-Star Cheer Teams since 2002, now a leader for Gold Star’s College Hip Hop Team.  Ryan has been dancing since he was twelve. In 2003, he began choreographing for the our Hip Hop Teams, but this work is just a small part of his performance commitments. [...]
Sabrina	Sabrina is an irreplaceable part of our school-age and MiniStar gymnastics programs. Sabrina started her coaching career at Gold Star in 2000, and we have watched her grow into a highly competent and dedicated coach. In 2003, she began to train our PreTeam students, polishing and pushing them towards competition, and in 2005 started working with our Level 4 team. The Level 4’s under her guidance have won team awards, been crowned champions, and qualified to States year after year. [...]
Sophie	Sophie has been an athlete at Gold Star since 2000, working her way through our entire program and finally retiring as a Level 7 gymnast.  In 2011, Sophie began coaching and has proven herself to be a natural teacher through her commitment, passion, and pure enjoyment of the kids.  Sophie has been C.P.R. and First Aid certified, and has her USA Gymnastics Safety Certification. [...]
Stephanie	Stephanie began coaching at Gold Star in the fall of 2010. She has been a member of our Girls Artistic Competitive Team from 2004 - 2009, and now competes for her high school varsity gymnastics team. She had originally been in our JO program and so received her earliest training from our coaches, and as a result has that innate knoweledge or our Gold Star style of teaching - upbeat and encourtaging. Stephanie has her U.S.A. Gymnastics Safety Certification and came to us with experience as a summer camp sounselor. [...]
Talya	Talya started coaching at Gold Star in the spring of 2010, and has been a cheerleader here at Gold Star since 2009. She began teaching in Pop Warner Cheer Mountain View with our own Coach CC during the 2009-2010 season, after ten years of competing in their program.  Talya’s smile beams when she walks in the gym, and the kids quickly gravitate towards her happy and bubbly attitude. [...]
T.J.	T.J. joined Gold Star in the spring of 2010.  T.J. spent 7 years as a camp counselor prior to coming to our gym, and immediately shared his compassionate demeanor with our Pre-School and Beginner Recreational students.  T.J.’s dedication displays itself as he takes every opportunity to continue to train through available seminars and clinics.  He received his U.S.A. Gymnastics [...]
Weini	Weini has been working for Gold Star since 2001. She was originally hired as a receptionist, and is now one of our head administrative assistants assisting with billing, and in 2004 became our Camp Director. At times Weini is called on to the gymnastics floor to help when the coaches need an extra hand. She has the patience, care and love of children that comes from being a big sister. Weini is the oldest of six girls! [...]
Yousef	Yousef came to Gold Star in the winter of 2010. He began teaching gymnastics in 2006 at one of our neighboring clubs and continues to teach in both facilities. He is CPR and First Aid certified. Originally brought on staff to help with the boys competitive program, Yousef proved immediately to be an extremely versatile coach. He is currently teaching in our recreational boys and girls gymnastics program, our adult classes, preschoolers, and our boys team. [...]
Zoe	Zoe began working at Gold Star in the winter of 2011.  She comes to us from the MidWest with a wonderful teaching base.  She was a Level 9 gymnast – just two levels before the Olympic team, and a State Champion during one of her compulsory seasons.  Along with being a gymnast, she also rode horses, competing in jumping and performing at rodeos.  She is CPR and First Aid certified, and currently in college majoring in Environmental Studies.  [...]