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My name is Hannah Przybilla-Oujesky, I am a third year Doctoral student at Texas Woman’s University studying Occupational Therapy and excited to spend my last few months before sitting for my boards exam at GiGi’s Playhouse Sugar Land! I first became involved with GiGi’s when my sister-in-law, Kristi Oujesky, began attending when the playhouse first…

Alice is a native Houstonian who currently resides in the Meyerland/Westbury area with her daughter Hailey (16yrs). She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and International Business from the University of Houston and went on to receive her Master’s in Business Administration from Texas Woman’s University. She is Project Manager at Texas Children’s Hospital where she has…

Quynh Doan Hi am Quynh Doan Hi, my name is Quynh Doan and I am an intern working on my Bachelor’s degree in Allied Health at the University of Houston. When it came time to select a location for my internship, I chose GiGi’s Playhouse Sugar Land because I wanted to have a direct impact…

This Spring 2022 semester we were so blessed to have two AMAZING interns from the University of Houston, Sidney and Tracy! Both interns worked so hard over the last few months while simultaneously forming beautiful friendships with the GiGi’s participants. It was delightful to watch these two young women grow into such strong, confident leaders!…

When we first heard of GiGi’s Sugar Land, it was a few months after giving birth to our third child, Jesley, who we weren’t expecting to have Down syndrome. My aunt found GiGi’s and sent their information my way, but I wasn’t ready to figure out this new way of parenting.  We finally made the…

I am a single mother with two boys.  My eldest, Josh, is 23 years old and has Down syndrome.  Now being a mother in itself has its challenges, but add to the mix a child with a disability, and not having any daily support.   Many times I tried to find activities for Josh, but it…

          The wonderful phrase “I love GiGi’s!” is what Ryker says every time I tell him it is time to go to speech therapy. After receiving a birth diagnosis when Ryker was born in November 2017, the constant thought of meeting milestones or will he ever walk or talk consumed Mike…

After deciding to homeschool her 16-year-old daughter, Darla stumbled upon our website while googling Raising Robust Readers as a resource to use with her daughter. She immediately called and asked about the programs we offered and how much we charged; she was flabbergasted when she heard we were 100% free. Fortunately, we had an open…

If you have ever dreamed of becoming a new parent, just as me and my husband did, then you probably also envisioned a joyful future together, parent and child. You could just imagine the joy when seeing your child beginning to crawl or taking their initial steps, hearing the longed awaited words “Mama” or “Dada”,…