Eighth Grade
Rinat Manhoff
July 29, 2025Rinat Manhoff has undergraduate degrees in political science and Middle Eastern studies from UC Berkeley, where she wrote her honors thesis about Ethiopian Israeli teenagers and African American stereotypes. After…
Andrew Solter
August 16, 2024Originally a Southern California transplant to Berkeley, Andrew fell in love with Bay Area living. He studied biology at Cal and has worked in math and science education since 2007…
Sasha Levine
September 1, 2022Sasha Levine deeply values connection and is honored to get to know those that she works with on a deeper level. Sasha has worked as a psychotherapist in a variety…
Sarah Roggero
August 31, 2022With two decades in education, Sarah spent 13 years teaching middle school Spanish in San Francisco before joining Black Pine Circle in 2023. She loves telling silly stories, playing games,…
Carla Rodea
August 26, 2021Carla Rodea is an interdisciplinary artist and educator born and raised in Mexico City. Her/their research-based work involves a variety of disciplines and mediums such as music, sound art, poetry,…
Nataliya Vdovychenko
August 29, 2018Nataliya Vdovychenko is originally from Ukraine, where she grew up in a family of math teachers for two generations. She received her M.S. in mathematics and computer science from Vinnitsa…
Xiaoyan Xu
August 29, 2018Xiaoyan Xu is a native Mandarin speaker and an educator who has been in the teaching field for almost three decades. She earned her B.A. in English from BISU in…
Rem Djemilev
August 29, 2018Originally from Russia, Rem Djemilev has had a distinguished professional career in the Bay Area as well as in his native country. He received his B.A. at the Music College…
Maria Palmer
August 29, 2018This is Maria Palmer’s 33rd year at BPC. Maria received her B.A. in English literature and her kindergarten through eighth grade teaching credential, with a specialization in teaching English, from…
Gerry Branner
August 29, 2018Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Gerry Branner came to California in 1993. With a basketball athletic scholarship, he attended California State University, Long Beach, where he graduated with a B.A. in…