Faculty
Ana Sellers
June 30, 2023Ana Sellers was born and raised in Berkeley. She has an associate’s degree in general education with a focus on arts and design. She began working with children in 2016…
Chelsea Feldman
June 30, 2023Chelsea grew up on Whidbey Island in the Pacific Northwest. She attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where she studied Irish literature and modern dance. She received her master’s degree…
Dena Marie
June 23, 2023Dena Marie has been teaching Spanish in both university and K-12 settings–across public, independent, and charter institutions–for over 20 years. She specializes in equity-oriented language pedagogies tailored to learners of…
Maggie Hardy
June 23, 2023Maggie is a San Francisco native and proud middle school educator. She holds a B.A. in political science and Latin American studies and a master’s in secondary education. Her master’s…
Melissa Jiménez
June 23, 2023Melissa Jiménez Arechiga earned a B.A. in design as well as a minor in art history from the University of California, Davis. Her main focus was graphic design with other…
Sage Ellenwood
June 23, 2023Sage Ellenwood completed his undergraduate degree in psychology and child development at Michigan State University. He worked in youth mental health for five years before getting his masters in education….
Grace Reinhalter
June 22, 2023Grace earned her B.A. in sociology from Occidental College and her child development associate teacher certificate from Merritt College. She has worked and played alongside children and young adults her…
Simon Gaughan
June 22, 2023Simon Gaughan graduated from Wesleyan University in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in American Studies. During his time there, he conducted research on the effects of parental incarceration on children…
Lessley Bender
June 22, 2023Lessley Bender graduated from the University of Maryland in 2012 with a B.S. in environmental science and policy, with a focus on conservation biology. Both as an undergraduate at UMD…
Sandy Brumbaum
June 22, 2023Sandy Brumbaum has been an educator for over 30 years, consulting and teaching in independent, public, and charter schools, as well as graduate classes at SF State and Mills College….