I am writing this review to express our thanks and gratitude to Ms. Andrea for the significant progress I have observed with my son attending your classes. My son is in Kindergarten. I attended a “parent/teacher” conference earlier this year and the the teacher’s feedback was that my son was shy, and did not fully participate in the “show and tell” aspect of of the class. The take away inference- whether she stated it explicitly or not, was that he lacked confidence. I was surprised with this feedback left wondering how my child, with his upbringing, could possibly lack confidence. I sought out schools that focused on speech arts, and the Diamond Academy was second to none. We noticed improvement after only one session with Ms. Andrea – and so did others. My wife and I had other parents coming up to us inquiring how our 6 year old was presenting so well. The simple answer is that the only thing we did was to register him with the Diamond Academy of Performing Arts. My son is no longer the “shy” boy that cannot present in front of his class. He does not blush and get flustered when asked to present in front of the class. He is now exuding self-confidence. Thank you. Thank you so very much for teaching our son how to publicly speak; the importance of which, in our opinion, is the basic necessity for any job in today’s society. Forever grateful, Jordan Atkinson and family