Faculty
Tess Leverenz
June 22, 2023Tess Leverenz is a certified Responsive Classroom educator, as well as a part-time consulting teacher for the Center for Responsive Schools. Tess studied childhood education and Spanish in college, prompting…
Sarah Roggero
August 31, 2022With nearly two decades in education, Sarah spent 13 years teaching middle school Spanish in San Francisco. She loves telling silly stories, playing games, and learning new jokes in class…
Jamie Xayachack
August 31, 2022Jamie Xayachack was born and raised in Redding, CA. She has a B.A. in liberal arts with a concentration in elementary education from CSU Chico. Being an educator in the…
Elizabeth Rivera
August 31, 2022Elizabeth Rivera grew up in the Bay Area and is a recent graduate of Los Medanos College in Pittsburg. She received her AA in liberal arts: behavioral science and social…
Aïda Garcia-Pons
August 31, 2022Aïda Garcia-Pons is a native of Barcelona, Spain, and has been teaching languages and translating young adult novels for over 20 years. She graduated from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)…
Dan Hughes
August 26, 2022Dan Hughes graduated from Hamilton College in 2012 with a B.A. in economics. After a short stint as a financial advisor, he reconnected with his passion for coaching and teaching…
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,…
Kathy Henderson
August 26, 2021Kathy 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…
Torin Coffino
August 26, 2020Torin 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 in 2010 from Cal-State…
Zina Gulimovskaya
September 27, 2018The 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…