Toni Frese

Gymnastics Experience: Mother of a National competitor. Guided her daughter through 15 years of high level gymnastics training.

Teaching Experience: Parent education teacher for State Department of Children and Families for 10 years. Parent education teacher for UCONN graduate program for 5 years. Earned her MSW degree in 1982 and was licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in 1986. Consultant and Addministator for State Department of Children and Families for 25 years.

Philosophy: To cope with adversity one must focus on the solution rather than dwell on the crisis

Hobbies: Ballroom dancing, reading, walking

Quote: Never deprive anyone of hope, it may be all they have.

Memory of Gymnastics: While attending a National Meet in Indianapolis, I watched Diana revolutionalize the "Reverse Hecht".

Interesting Fact: Diana's mother.