Inna Maor
Founder & Executive Director
Ms. Inna began to dance and play music at a very young age in Odessa Ukraine. Ms. Maor has a BA in Music Education in Piano Performance from the Moscow College of Arts and has another BA in Dance Education from The Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel. For over 35 years, she has taught many students from elementary, middle, and high schools ages. She has also taught at dance studios both nationally and internationally. Inna’s dance and piano students represent her school at many international competitions. Using her wealth of performing and teaching experience, Inna shares her love of dance, music, theater, and art. “Academic School 4 Arts” continues inspires hundreds of students and teachers.
Samuel Naranjo
Music Teacher
Samuel David Naranjo is a Colombian Music Producer, composer, and arranger. When he was very young he was introduced to music by playing the piano. Samuel David graduated from Valle University in Cali, Colombia with a degree in Music. He has worked with various artists such as Carola Lopez[Peru] Felipe Silva[Colombia] Maria Esther Del Sol[Cuba] Carolina Medina[Chile]. Samuel David has composed and edited music for the short film Interview Me, which won Best Short Film, Best Director, and Best Actress at the Miami Life Awards. He also composed and edited the music for the film Dinner Is Served, which was nominated for Best Director at the Miami Life Awards. Today, he is the producer of Vaiah as well as an urban singer. He has been teaching piano for more than 20 years.
Eli Benitez
Art Teacher
Eli Benitez is a painter born in Ciego de Avila, Cuba. He studied plastic arts instruction at the Manuel Suarez Delgado School. Influenced by professors and friends at the school, he learned to master different techniques in the art of painting, and exerts these talents until today. For him, painting is a miraculous act where the mixture of the talent born from the soul, the brush, the canvas, the oil, and the love, is strongly reflected in each one of his works. It is also the fusion of classical, modern, realism, and abstract artistic concepts. Eli Benitez has had exhibitions of his work in his native Cuba, and in the US, where he currently resides.
Alana Mungal
Academic Teacher
5th grade Introduced to Inna’s Hall of Fame Performing Arts Conservatory as a dance student in high school, Alana Mungal began working with our conservatory throughout her college career. Having graduated from Broward College with an BA in Education and obtaining a teaching certificate, Ms. Alana Mungal has proven herself to be great educator with children. She led the Performing Arts After School Homework program throughout the 2021-2022 Academic School Year. She is currently teaching 5th grade and ahead of Inna’s Hall of Fame afterschool programs and is currently teaching students from 4th to 11th grade at the Academic School 4 Arts Private School.
Susana Hernandez Santos
Choir Teacher
Ms. Susana is a Cuban conductor, singer, pianist and organist. She began her musical career at a very early age singing in choirs. She graduated from the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory of Music with honors in Choral Conducting and Music Education. She later graduated with a gold degree at the University of the Arts specializing in: Conducting and Musicology. She has taught children and young people since she was studying at university. She has performed as soprano in prestigious Cuban groups such as the Schola Cantorum Coralina and Lauda Early Music Ensemble, nationally and internationally awarded groups. Is a dedicated piano and voice teacher. Her passion is helping her students to learn, relax and have fun with music. She can help you discover your potential in a very enjoyable and individualized way.
Carlos Patino
Head of the Music department & 4th Grade Teacher
Carlos Patino holds a doctoral degree with a concentration in music composition from the University of Miami, and a Masters’s degree with a concentration in commercial music from Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Patino has been involved in the music industry working in different positions throughout his career. He is a member of a Colombian rock band named Red O’Clock, sharing the stage with renowned international brands such as Foster The People, Evanescence, Garbage, Dead Kennedys, Molotov, Bomba Estereo, and J Baldvin, among others. As a film scorer, he has worked on documentaries such as “El más veces campeón” produced by Diptongo SAS, and Millonarios Futbol Club, the most important soccer team in Bogotá, Colombia, and other documentaries and short films in Colombia, Argentina and Spain. Also, he has worked as an assistant audio engineer, audio editor, and audio post-producer for albums such as “Pá Qué Más” by the Quinteto Leopoldo Federico, Latin Grammy nominee 2017, released by Hoot/Wisdom Recordings, “Astor Piazzolla-Legacy” by Tomas Kotik and Tao Lin, International Classical Music Awards nominee 2018, released by Naxos records 2017, among others. He is the author of the academic music book titled “SOLISTAS-Instrumentos de cuerda pulsate I” released by the academic specialized Javeriana publishing house in Bogotá, Colombia, in December 2017. The recording of the same project was released by Hoot/Wisdom Recordings in January of 2018 in Florida, USA.
Lisa Thomas
Ballet / Modern Dance Teacher
Lisa Thomas Emrekovic is a New York trained dancer & aerialist. Mrs. Emrekovic graduated from the Ailey School on a Special Fellowship Scholarship and went on to join the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She is a world-traveled performer and has enjoyed being a part of the Academic School 4 Arts family!
Renee Boyle
Ballet / Jazz / Tap Dance Teacher
Renee Boyle has grown up dancing. She has trained in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, and more. Renee has performed in Superbowl XXIII and Superbowl XLI. She has performed with local production companies including Ener-Gee Dance Productions, Platinum Gold Productions, and Pembroke Pines Theater of the Performing Arts. She received her B.A. from FAU in Elementary Education with a minor in early childhood. She is Kinderdance certified and trained through Dance Educators of America. Renee has been teaching dance since the age of 16 and was the owner/director of Lu-Na Dance Studio for eight years.
Brian Blattman
Theatre and Academic Teacher