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Montse was born and raised in the Los Angeles area and appreciates the city’s diversity, culture, and day-to-day life. In her free time, Montse loves to explore new coffee shops where she spends time working, reading, and people-watching. She admires the loving community that radiates from Lovebug & Me and is thrilled to be a part of the team!

Meet Miss Lydia

Magical Sensory Art Educator,  Lydia Milich is a Juilliard-trained Scenic Painter and Artist, who grew up in South Florida. While living in New York, she was Scenic Charge for several Off-Broadway productions and worked in various Art Department’s for Television and Film. Lydia found her love of working with children as the Art Project Manager on Universal Kids’ TV show “Get Out of My Room”. After moving to LA, she jumped at the opportunity to resume working with kids in a creative environment, and continues to passionately explore the benefits of process art and sensory play for early childhood development.

What people are saying…

Miss Lydia was an EXCEPTIONAL instructor for the messy art class. She’s caring, kind, high-energy, and made our daughter — the youngest in the class — feel very included. She has our family’s highest recommendation, and you should jump at the opportunity to take her art classes.”

– Jeremy Michael C. (5 Star Yelp Review)

Loraine is originally from the Netherlands and made the leap to Los Angeles 14 years ago to pursue her passion as a professional dancer. She has performed and has taught dance workshops and masterclasses all over the world.She fell in love with the LoveBug & Me program as a parent, bringing her own two lovebugs to music classes.

Melissa has been a Project Manager for over 20 years. She works diligently behind the scenes to help provide a fun and educational program to our LoveBug families. Melissa has a daughter who also loves music and movement as much as she does.

Laura Snyder, Office Manager

Laura comes from a blended career background of corporate HR work, dance studio management, and small business life coaching solopreneurship. She is so excited to join the LoveBug & Me Community and be a part of a company spreading fun, love, and the arts into the world. In her free time, she teaches fitness classes, writes on her blog, rollerblades at the beach, and loves lounging around with her sassy cat, Penny.

Founder and Creative Director, Mary Arden Gorman (aka Miss Mary), created LoveBug & Me out of her love of music and children. She is known for her sweet voice, creative classes, and the heart she brings to every little lovebug. After the birth of her first child, she researched the best things she could do to give him the best possible life. Music, movement and togetherness topped all of the lists…. and thus, LoveBug & Me was born!

Her musical journey began at age 11 when her first audition for the musical theatre production of “Annie” was her first starring role. Her favorite role was as Mary Magdalene in “Jesus Christ Superstar.” She continued her musical development with a degree in Fine & Performing Arts, focusing on early childhood education. With guitar in hand, she has toured the country, released albums, and has written music for Film & TV, all while exploring a variety of musical styles & world rhythms.

Her passion for singing, creative movement, and kids, perfectly blend to deliver a fun, entertaining, and educational experience for the thousands of little lovebugs who have attended her classes. Miss Mary lives in Los Angeles with her bass player husband, Mark, and very musical children, Sahara, 5, and Bodhi, 13. You’ll see and hear them on the LoveBug & Me songs and videos.

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“If you have a kid and you are interested in a music class, the only class you should consider is LoveBug! Mary is the best at what she does. She’s creative beyond words, she loves what she does and she’s so sweet with the kids. She brings neat instruments and is absolutely delightful. It’s worth a drive for you and your little one.” – Rebecca G. (5 Star Yelp Review)

Founder and Creative Director, Mary Arden Gorman (aka Miss Mary), created LoveBug & Me out of her love of music and children. She is adored all over Los Angeles and beyond for her sweet voice, creative classes, and the heart she brings to every little lovebug. After the birth of her first child, she researched the best things she could do to give him the best possible life. Music, movement and togetherness topped all of the lists…. and thus, LoveBug & Me was born.