Coach Tay, Founder & Chief Executive Officer

When GIRLS support GIRLS incredible things happen! Coach Tay’s great passion is fixing the crowns of GIRLS that have a crook due to circumstances beyond their control. She is committed to aiding GIRLS to develop the necessary skills to thrive into womanhood with healthy mental, social, and physical well-being. Intrigued with the principles of teamwork, dedication, perseverance, and sisterhood infused through competitive cheer, she trained herself how to instruct the sport in a safe and effective manner. She further mastered her craft, gained credentialing, and continues to train teams of GIRLS who are often first year athletes towards achievement of national top ranking titles.

Before finding her passion turned to purpose, she dedicated her life solely to her two sons, Braeden & Khy’Lei, and her career and love for Accounting. While a balancing act she still serves as a Director of GAAP Accounting at the MD Department of Housing and Community Development managing a unit that oversees and accounts a $1 billion loan portfolio.

Her educational background includes a MA in Accounting from University of Phoenix, and a B.S. in Business Administration from University of Maryland College Park.

She is obsessed with seeing GIRLS succeed. Since 2015, she has embarked on this journey of servant leadership as the sole founder, and has centered her life around the vision that wellness should be inclusive, FUN, and GIRLy! While this journey of starting a grass root organization with no funding and resources hasn’t been easy, keeping her focus on the GIRLS has made it worth it for they are ‘My Gifted.Intelligent.Royal.Lil.Sisters!’

Coach Kim

I started my cheerleading career in 1993 as a cheerleader for my high school. I have been coaching Cheer since 2007 and spent 6 years coaching for a competitive recreation cheer program. I later spent 7 years coaching cheer for a local high school. Over the years I’ve stepped in and helped other recreation teams with their programs also.

In 2018 My youngest daughter and I joined My Girls. I tried to stay way from practice but as I like to say “The Mats were calling me”. And just like that, I found myself coaching along side Coach Tay and Coach Mo.

In my professional life I work in Human Resources as a Generalist, with recruiting as my strong suite. I enjoy helping people work toward their professional goals!

I love coaching, watching our girls fall in love with the sport, and love this Cheer Life!

Coach Yas

My name is Yasmeen Yancey but here at My G.I.R.L.S. I am Coach Yas! I grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. I attended Plainfield Academy For The Arts and Advanced Studies(P.A.A.A.S.). I was at this school from 7th grade until I graduated. I was focused on musical theater, which consisted of Dance, Theatre, Vocal & Instrumental Music studios within my school.

I started my cheer career at a very young age with my hometown Pop Warner team Plainfield Lady Cardinals, in Plainfield, New Jersey. After numerous winning seasons, my mom asked if I wanted to try something new! She took me to an All-star cheer gym for the first time, and I met and practiced with the girls and had so much fun. I was sold after about two hours of jumping, tumbling, and stunting! I officially joined the team midseason & started cheering with Jersey Jewelz All-Stars from age 14 until I graduated high school.

In 2018, I moved to Baltimore, MD, furthering my education at Morgan State University. I entered their Bachelor’s in Social Work Program, but I loved all-star so much I couldn’t give it up even in college. In 2019, I joined Maryland Twisters and went to Worlds with my team, Thin Ice! From there, I was officially done with being a cheerleader and was ready to focus on being a student. On Morgan’s campus, I serve as Miss Social Work for the Student Social Work Organization, where we host events for campus engagement, serving the community, and providing resources for students. But I still loved cheer so much.

I joined My G.I.R.L.S. in 2021 and have loved every second of it. At My G.I.R.L.S. I teach dance and coach along aside these phenomenal women. Getting to know the girls, the coaches, the staff, and the parents has given me a second home, and I am forever grateful!

Coach Mariah

Coach Mariah is a graduate of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. She received her Bachelors of Science in 2019. She is currently a graduate student at George Mason University pursuing her masters in Applied Behavioral Analysis.

Coach Mariah has cheered for a total of 21 years. She has experience in recreational cheer, high school cheer and college cheer. Coach Mariah cheered all 4 years at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and became captain her Junior year of college.

After college she continued her passion for cheerleading by giving back to the youth cheer community in Baltimore Maryland by hosting summer cheer camps every year and private tumbling classes. She enjoys coaching and driving people to push beyond what they think their limitations might be.

My mission as a cheer coach is to provide a safe, and fun learning environment for each cheerleader to develop, further their cheerleading skills, and overall love for the sport or cheer.