Our Coaches

She grew through dance dedicating 13 years to building her foundation for aerial. The last 15 years she focused on Aerial Silks, and teaching the art for 12 years. She teaches the following: Aerial Silks, Aerial Yoga, Aerial Hoop, and Aerial Hammock.Throughout the years she has worked for a large entertainment company called Anti-Gravity; performing at corporate events, private parties, and special events traveling as far as the Bahamas. She spent time performing aerial at Universal Studios Orlando and Seaworld and Pirates Dinner Show on I-Drive.

She began her family and shifted her focus on teaching and obtaining her Aerial Yoga certification, and focus more on coaching. When she opened Soar Athletics in 2020 she couldn't of imagined how successful this dream of hers would be. Her main goal was to have a safe place for children and adults to come and accomplish a unique new skill. Helping them overcome anxiety, become more confident, and have a new style of workout.

Denise is beyond blessed to have this studio that she considers a family. She is proud of her coaches and students, and can't to see what the future has in store for Soar Athletics!

Jessica is a seasoned aerial silks instructor and performer with over a decade of experience in the dynamic world of aerial arts. Combining her passion for movement with her deep-rooted background in dance, Jessica has developed a unique teaching style that empowers students of all levels to build strength, flexibility, and confidence.

Jessica’s journey began in the world of dance, where she trained for many years in various styles. Her love for expressive, gravity-defying art led her to explore aerial silks, a discipline that quickly captivated her. After years of dedicated training, she also pursued a certification in aerial yoga to expand her understanding of movement and body awareness.

McKenna Wilkins was a lifelong equestrian before starting her circus journey in 2017, performing partner acrobatics. Near the end of 2018 she began training aerial silks at a local gym, now known as Soar Athletics.

She currently teaches Lyra and Trapeze classes as well as private lessons on a variety of different apparatuses such as rope, straps, loops, fly pole, and silks.

Aside from coaching, McKenna performs professionally, specializing in aerial arts and unique apparatuses such as Lollipop Lyra and LED Cube.
For fun she enjoys playing with different circus arts like juggling, rolla bolla, hoops, and chair stacking.

Karys has been involved in gymnastics since the age of 4. She has a passion for tumbling, trampoline, and acrobatics. She has been coaching for over 20 years. She received her certification as a trampoline and tumbling gymnastics national coach on 2012. She has had the privilege of coaching 4 of the 2016 mens national acrobatic champions and tumbling record holders. During the 2012-2016 olympic quad she was able to spend a lot of time at the olympic training center. Watching the athletes learning new skills, developing and refining their routines was not only extraordinary experience but was significant in the development of my coaching abilities. As a coach, being involved in their journey, guiding them, and watching them follow their dreams is why I do what I do.

Tabi met Denise in 2017 through her aerial yoga program. She then followed Denise over to her new silks program in 2018 and has been with Soar since. Tabi has performed professionally off and on since 2019. While you may see her on subbing different apparatuses she specializes in silks. She is always learning how to consistently improve her coaching technique, helping others enjoy air time, and inspiring creativity in budding new performers.

When Nicole was a tiny ballerina, she would lie face up and wedge her heel beneath the bar of her bed frame for extra split-stretching time, too excited for her next dance class to bother sleeping. Nicole has since used that drive to become a graceful, serpentine aerial artist with wicked, flowing lines. As such, she focuses on strong technique as well as carving out non-traditional shapes and pathways.

Classically trained in ballet, pointe, tap and jazz, she danced for Orlando, Florida theme parks and events before immersing herself in aerial arts in 2012. Although lyra is Nicole’s primary love, she also excels at silks, hammock, cube and lollipop lyra. Nicole is an accomplished, emotionally invested performer, choreographer and storyteller who has performed throughout Florida and the Southeast as well as the Bahamas, Belize and Mexico. She regularly judges the Florida Aerial Art Competition.