Upper School

Carla Rodea

Carla Rodea

August 26, 2021

Carla 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,…

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Kathy Henderson

Kathy Henderson

August 26, 2021

Kathy Henderson received a B.A. in French and business from University of Maryland, College Park and an M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction in secondary mathematics from UNLV. She has taught…

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Torin Coffino

Torin Coffino

August 26, 2020

Torin Coffino was born and raised in San Francisco’s Richmond District. After high school he went to Santa Barbara City College to play basketball, eventually graduating from Cal-State Monterey with…

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Zina Gulimovskaya

Zina Gulimovskaya

September 27, 2018

The daughter of a famous, award-winning mathematician, Zina Gulimovskaya holds a B.S. in mathematics (the equivalent of a master’s in the U.S.) from Vinnitsa State Pedagogical University in Ukraine. Before…

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Stephanie Piper

Stephanie Piper

August 29, 2018

Stephanie Piper is entering her 26th year teaching middle school English, history, and humanities in Bay Area independent schools! She received her A.B. in English from UC Berkeley, and her…

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Nataliya Vdovychenko

Nataliya Vdovychenko

August 29, 2018

Nataliya 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…

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Xiaoyan Xu

August 29, 2018

Xiaoyan Xu is a native Mandarin speaker who has been in the teaching field for 25 years. She earned her B.A. in English from BISU in Beijing and her M.A….

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Rem Djemilev

August 29, 2018

Originally 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…

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Sonam Gonsar

Sonam Gonsar

August 29, 2018

Born and raised in the foothills of the Himalayas in India, Sonam Gonsar moved to California in 1992 as part of the One Thousand Tibetans Resettlement Project. She completed her…

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Maria Palmer

August 29, 2018

This is Maria Palmer’s 32nd year at BPC. Maria received both her B.A. in English literature and her kindergarten through eighth grade teaching credential, with a specialization in teaching English,…

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