Educators

Cristina Cabrera

Cristina Cabrera

Years of teaching experience? 35

What three things do you most enjoy in life? Life. And people. And the hands of people.

What is one thing you'll never do? Skydive.

Favorite place you've traveled to? Mexico City

Chako Takahashi

Chako Takahashi

Years of teaching experience? 14

What three things do you most enjoy in life? Using my hands, silence and Japanese festivals.

What is one thing you'll never do? Touch a cockroach.

Favorite place you've traveled to? To the top of a mountain, any mountain.

Claudio Salusso

Claudio Salusso

Years of teaching experience? 35

What three things do you most enjoy in life? Family, time and hobbies (books, motorcycles and cooking).

What is one thing you'll never do? Try to convince anyone of anything.

Favorite place you've traveled to? Within.

Kyle Walenga

Kyle Walenga

Years of teaching experience? 10

What three things do you enjoy most in life? Skipping stones, super burritos and seeds.

What is one thing you will never do? Root for the Dodgers.

Favorite place you've traveled to? San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina

Lalla Carini

Lalla Carini

Years of teaching experience? 27

What three things do you most enjoy in life? The three things I enjoy most, besides my family, are playing with watercolor paints, loudly singing while driving and conversations about things that matter.

What is one thing you'll never do? I will never attempt skydiving, I mean not in this lifetime.

Favorite place you've traveled to? India, because it was the most unfamiliarly familiar of the places I have visited.

Yana Meydbray

Yana Meydbray

Years of teaching experience? 7

What three things do you enjoy most in life? Morning coffee, a good sweat, and a sense of humor

What is one thing you will never do? Say no to a cheesy bite.

Favorite place you've traveled to? Utsjoki, Finland.

Kiki Wykstra Substitute Teacher

Kiki Wykstra

Substitute Teacher

Years of teaching experience? 5 years at the New Village School

What three things do you most enjoy in life? Time outside with people I love. Staring up at the stars on a crisp, cool night, from the comfort of my sleeping bag. Exploring new places.

What is one thing you'll never do? Stop learning.

Favorite place you've traveled to? It’s impossible to name one. The differences are what make each so great. However my favorite trips are consistently long trips outside (often on rivers), disconnected from phones, computers and what feels like the outside world.