MCMASTER FIGURE SKATING DEVELOPMENT
Our Team
Joanna Wang
Co-President
4th year in Health Sciences
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Joined MacFSD in 2023
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Have been skating for 3 years
Fun fact: I‘ve pet a panda before!
Abby Green
Co-President
3rd year jn Materials Science & Engineering
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Joined MacFSD in 2024
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Have been skating for 17 years
Fun fact: I’m gluten free!
Sienna Rechsteiner
Co-Captain
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5th year in Mechatronics Engineering & Management
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Joined MacFSD in 2022
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Have been skating for 17 years
Fun fact: I love to sing!
Simona Cavarretta
Co-Captain
4th year in Life Sciences with Sensory Motor Systems Specialization
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Joined MacFSD in 2023
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Have been skating for 16 years
Fun fact: I love to bake!
Skye MacKinnon
Fundraising
3rd year in Kinesiology
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Joined MacFSD in 2024
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Have been skating for 17 years
Fun fact: The spread eagle is my favourite move!
Parnia Parhizkar
Fundraising
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3rd year in Life Sciences
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Joined MacFSD in 2024
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Have been skating for 4 years
Fun fact: I had a pet turtle named Lucky!
Erin Cameron
Fundraising
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3rd year in Biology
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Joined MacFSD in 2024
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Have been skating for 3 1/2 years
Fun fact: I have a triple-citizenship!
Diana Balko
Fundraising
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3rd year in PNB with Mental Health Spec
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Joined MacFSD in 2026
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Have been skating for 17 years
Fun fact: I make a mean apple crumble!
Lei Yalcinkaya
Finance and Carpools
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3rd year in Chemical Biology
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Joined MacFSD in 2024
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Have been skating for 16 years
Fun fact: I love camping!
Chris Liu
Finance and Carpools
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4th year in Life Sciences
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Joined MacFSD in 2024
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Have been skating for 2 years
Fun fact: I climbed Mount Fuji in 3 days and 2 nights!
Allison Theriault
Finance and Carpools
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4th year in Engineering Physics & Society
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Joined MacFSD in 2023
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Have been skating for 15 years
Fun fact: Pythagoras and the members of his cult believed that fava beans contain the souls of the dead!
Luisa Coskun
Socials
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3rd year in Arts & Sciences and Anthropology
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Joined MacFSD in 2024
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Have been skating for 3 years
Fun fact: I hiked up Machu Picchu this summer!
Jaya Anand-Bauch
Socials
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3rd year in Arts & Sciences
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Joined MacFSD in 2024
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Have been skating for 16 years
Fun fact: I once had a lesson with Katelyn Osmond!
Kristen Lampman-Wales
Socials
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4th year in Applied Psych with Early Childhood Spec
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Joined MacFSD in 2024
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Have been skating for 12 years
Fun fact: I love arts & crafts!
Rita Lin
Socials
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2nd year in Nursing
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Joined MacFSD in 2025
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Have been skating for 5 years
Fun fact: I travelled to the west coast this summer!
Lisa LeBlanc
Admin
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3rd year in Commerce
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Joined MacFSD in 2026
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Have been skating for 4 years
Fun fact: I drove a train once!
Ava Kashfi
Admin
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3rd year in iBioMed
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Joined MacFSD in 2024
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Have been skating for 8 years
Fun fact: I love the outdoors!
Parnia Parhizkar
Admin
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3rd year in Life Sciences
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Joined MacFSD in 2024
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Have been skating for 4 years
Fun fact: I had a pet turtle named Lucky!
Our Coaches
Katie McGarrigle
Vicki Newman
Katie has been coaching for 10 Years in Pre-Can, CanSkate, StarSkate, SynchroSkate & PowerSkate at multiple clubs. She believes in teaching solid basics of skating, in order to develop into strong skaters. Katie has been the head coach of Matrix Synchronized Skating Teams since 2018
Alex Brown
Alex has been a figure skater since 2004, has been coaching since 2014, and is a regional certified coach! This is her fourth year coaching with the McMaster Figure Skating Development Team. She is looking forward to building strong mentoring relationships with her skaters and hopes to share her love of the sport with them on our Freeskate Silver session this year! A fun fact about Alex is she used to skate with the McMaster Figure Skating Development Team, and was even the captain for two years!
Vicki will be coaching Freeskate B!
Kate Law
Kate started skating in 2006, and has been a certified CanSkate coach since 2019! Kate is officially Regional certified as of August 2026, coaching StarSKATE since September 2023, My fun fact changed to "She is still actively skating as an adult, and she was the President of the Laurier Brantford Figure Skating Club when she was a student at Laurier for 2 years (2019-2021)