OUR INSTRUCTORS AND STAFF
Chris
Founder and Executive Director of Miracles Therapeutic Riding Center
Registered PATH Intl. Instructor
After a successful career in high tech sales, Chris needed a change. She was offered the opportunity to follow her love of horses and that led to the world of therapeutic riding. She was finally where she was always supposed to be. That was in 2003 and she has never looked back. Chris received her Registered Therapeutic Riding Instructor certification in 2006 and started Miracles shortly thereafter. Miracles was formed to serve the special needs community by providing a small and personal approach to helping students better navigate the world around them.
Lori
Program Director/Lead Instructor
Registered PATH Intl. Instructor
Lori is a Colorado native who grew up reading every horse book she could find, and collecting Breyer horses, until she finally got her own horse at 14. She has competed in shows and rodeos, but mostly enjoys quiet trail rides now. In 2006 she started volunteering at LifeStriders Therapeutic Riding Center, in Wisconsin, where she became a PATH Intl. Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor in 2008, combining her love of children and horses. In 2010, she left a long career in IT to become the Program Director for LifeStriders. In 2013 she moved to Cody, Wyoming to start the non-profit, One Step at a Time Therapeutic Riding Program. After serving special needs clients in the Cody area for four years, she decided she missed her family too much and moved back home to Colorado. She is happy to be back home with her family, and happy that she has found a new family at Miracles.
Terry
Registered PATH Intl. Instructor
Terry grew up in Stone Mountain, Georgia, where she spent her days riding bareback through the woods. She was a summer camp counselor in North Carolina and a wrangler in Vail, and Gold Lake, Colorado. Terry loves spending time around animals of all shapes and sizes, and has worked as a pet store manager, Veterinary Technician, and in natural foods. She enjoys art, creating custom desserts, nature, and music.
Becky
Registered PATH Intl. Instructor
Becky started volunteering for Chris when she was 10 and kept volunteering until she graduated high school. She left for college in Utah and got degrees in photography and English Literature. After graduation she moved back to Colorado and worked at different barns until reconnecting with Miracles and getting PATH certified in June of 2022. She has 3 kids, the oldest of which is special needs and part of the reason she became certified. At home she has 8 horses plus chickens and sheep that keep the whole family busy. Outside of horses she enjoys rock climbing, snorkeling and running terrain races.
Meghan
Registered PATH Intl. Instructor
LCSW
Meghan Morrissey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Addiction Counselor and is a PATH Certified Riding Instructor. She achieved her B.S. in Psychology from Fordham University and M.S.W. from New York University, where she continues to hold a Clinical Instructor Position and is actively engaged in research of human-equine interactions. Meghan is a creator of the Reining in Anxiety protocol, an Equine Facilitated Group Therapy with Cognitive-Behavioral Components for Youth with Anxiety. She also completed her post-masters certificate in Equine Assisted Mental Health at Denver University. Meghan has a background in working with children and adolescents, neurodiverse populations, and crisis work.
Jennifer
Instructor
Jennifer has been with Miracles for almost two years and is currently pursuing her PATH Intl certification. She has an extensive background with horses as a horse owner for 30+ years. She is also a graphic designer who has assisted Miracles with many of our promotional materials.