ABOUT US

Debra’s journey in dance and cheer began at age two and eight respectively, under her mother’s guidance. Throughout high school, she competed in both disciplines, later focusing solely on cheer at The College of New Jersey. There, she helped the team qualify for UCA College Nationals for the first time, achieving 6th place nationally. After graduating magna cum laude with a BS in Business Administration and concentrations in Mathematics and Human Resource Management, Debra became co-captain and assistant coach at her high school alma mater. She continued coaching while earning a master’s in Secondary Education and Mathematics. As a teacher on Staten Island, she obtained a professional certificate in school administration and coached cheerleading, transforming her school into a national competitor. Married for 10 years with twin daughters, Debra holds certifications in first aid, CPR, AED, concussion training, AACCA, and is pursuing USASF credentials.

Devin has coached for the past 16 years at both the elementary school and all-star level.  She began coaching in 1999 at a Staten Island CYO program where they earned their first ever Island title.  Devin took a hiatus from coaching the school team to assume the role of coach at an all-star program for three seasons.  After her tenure there, she returned back to her CYO team and eventually became the director of their program.  She is overjoyed by the strong bond that she and her girls had and relishes the fact that she helped coach them through their most successful seasons. Devin is CPR/AED/First aid certified and is pursuing her AACCA certification.

Cristal is a graduate of SUNY Albany for undergrad and College of Staten Island for her masters in Education. She holds multiple teaching certificates, which include: general Ed and special education for birth – grade 6.

Cristal participated in cheer as a school cheerleader and changed her path to All Stars shortly after. Throughout her high school years is when she began to instruct tumbling. She has grown from an athlete, to coach, to mother. Cristal joined Evolution Cheer 5 years ago as the half year coach for Teal Energy and now is at the gym in full force coaching several full year teams.  In 2019 her Youth Level 1 team, Teal Fury, came in 1st place in their division at the D2 Summit!

Cristal currently is a stay at home mom during the day to take care of her twins. She continues to try to find the time to tutor kids in grades K-5, but you can always find her at the gym throughout the week.

Lauren joined the EVO staff as an all-star cheer coach in 2015 when it was just starting out. She has watched the program grow and evolve to the powerhouse it is today, and she is so happy to be a part of that! She is lucky enough to have been one of the coaches of the first team from our gym to win a D2 Summit ring in 2018! She looks forward to winning many more with her EVO family! “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.”

Gabriella began cheering for Holy Child when she was 7 years old. She transitioned to all-star cheer during her freshman year of high school when evolution first started in 2014. She continued cheering through high school and her first year of college.

In 2015 Gabriella started coaching teams (Teal Crush and Teal Intensity) and tumbling classes as a sophomore in high school. Since then she has been coaching full year and prep level one team as well as coaching tumbling classes and privates.

Gabriella graduated from Saint Joseph Hill and is currently in her second year of college at the New York Institute of Technology. She is in a five-year program to get her bachelors in architecture.

Rebecca began as a school cheerleader at 5 years old and continued until 6th grade. She started all star cheerleading in 7th grade on Evolution’s first team and was even on the first team to ever go to the D2 Summit (National Championship in Florida) with Evolution in 2016. Rebecca has been with Evolution since the beginning and hopes to continue cheering here in college.

Rebecca started coaching in 2016, beginning with pre-k classes and volunteering her time on Teal Crush (tiny exhibition) and Teal Intensity (special needs team). She now coaches prep and Summit teams, as well as tumbling classes and privates.

In 2020, Rebecca will be graduating from St. Joseph Hill Academy. She will be attending Wagner College with the goal of receiving a bachelor’s in nursing in the year 2024.

Jenna’s cheer journey began at Holy Child at age 7, and continued through middle school at I.S.75. In high school, starting in 2015, she joined Evolution for all-star cheer, marking a milestone by being part of their first team to reach the D2 Summit. Throughout high school, Jenna returned to the D2 Summit twice more, achieving top ten placements in the Small Senior 2 division. Currently, Jenna competes as a Division 1 Athlete for her college.

In 2015, Jenna embarked on coaching, starting with teams like Teal Crush and Teal Intensity, and teaching tumbling classes as a high school freshman. She has since coached prep level one teams and continues to teach tumbling classes and privates.

Jenna graduated from Tottenville High School and is now in her first year at Fairleigh Dickinson University pursuing a five-year program for a master’s in teaching and bachelor’s in biology, while participating in their National Honors Program. Alongside her studies, Jenna remains active coaching at Evolution and working with after school care programs at the YMCA in Hackensack, NJ.