Meet Your Team

Welcome! We are Adriana and Mika, co-founders of Learning to Play, LLC! We met during our first day of graduate school - at orientation! We quickly became close friends and dreamt of owning our own business. We bonded over the realization that we were both so passionate about providing high quality and family-centered services. In 2021, we made that dream a reality and formed Learning to Play (LTP). We are so happy you are here!

Mika Aoyama,

M.Ed., BCBA, LBA

Co-founder

Mika is a Seattle native and graduate of Gonzaga University (Go Zags!). She began her teaching career in Fort Collins, Colorado as an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher. After returning to Seattle to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Washington, Mika graduated in 2017 with a Masters in Special Education and Applied Behavior Analysis. Mika has since worked as a BCBA and Special Educator in birth-3 Early Intervention services. Mika enjoys spending time with her husband, family, friends, baking sourdough bread, and having picnics at the beach.

Adriana Luna,

Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA

Co-founder

Adriana is originally from California and moved to Seattle in 2016. Being bilingual in Spanish and English, Adriana is passionate about working with Spanish-speaking families. Adriana received her PhD in Special Education from the University of Washington in 2023 and is a postdoctoral fellow in Speech & Hearing Sciences. When she is not working with her colleagues at UW or LTP, Adriana likes to enjoy time with her husband, friends, her feisty cat named Patches, or her crazy pup named Theo.