Aloha families!! My name is Bekah. I was born and raised (mostly) in Missouri, however my travels have taken me to Michigan, Florida, Oregon, Kansas, and Texas. I started out, like most young girls, babysitting in middle school…just for neighborhood kids and cousins. When I moved to Oregon in 1999 I was in charge of our church nursery which was for kids ranging from newborn to 6 years old. I then moved to Texas for school and was a nanny for a 12 year old there. During my undergrad I volunteered at Doernbecher Children’s hospital in Portland OR, and had my practicum working with adolescents with developmental disabilities and delays. After I graduated with my BS in Psychology with an emphasis in child and family services I moved to Germany for a year to figure out what I wanted to do. I was an Au Pair there for 4 kids from ages 6-14.
I went back to Portland Oregon and worked for two years at the Boys and Girls Club as program assistant and then teen director. I worked with kids aging from 6-18 years. I moved to Oahu in 2010 and was a nanny, for a year, for a family with 2 kids here on the island (I attained that through Nannies Hawaii). I am currently employed as a Tutor for children with autism. I have several clients ranging in ages from 8-11. I still keep in touch with most of the kids I have worked with from my babysitting days, to Germany, up through my most recent nanny experience here on the Island. However, I am excited to work with and meet new families and children.
Working with kids my whole life I am used to being active and running around like crazy (that’s what kids are for). Being creative and coming up with fun and new games to play is something that I pride myself on doing. Growing up we didn’t have a lot so my older brother and I always had to come up with new games to play….such as sock-wars and baloony-ball, and of course playing the classics such as freeze-tag and sardines. I have learned that every creative idea from a child is gold! There imaginations are beyond anything us adults can come up with and that always makes for a fun time.