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Cristina Cabrera
Cristina Cabrera
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kiki Wykstra After Care
Kiki Wykstra

Kiki Wykstra

After Care

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.

Gurleen Babra
Gurleen Babra
Gurleen Babra

Gurleen Babra

Years of teaching experience? 10

What three things do you most enjoy in life? Spending time with family, eating and studying.

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

Favorite place you've traveled to?  O’ahu, Hawaii.


Sam Wilder
Sam Wilder
Sam Wilder

Sam Wilder

Years of teaching experience? 8

What three things do you most enjoy in life? Growing, cooking, and eating. 

What is one thing you'll never do? Refuse a hot bowl of soup.

Favorite place you've traveled to?  Vietnam


Yomi Origunwa
Yomi Origunwa Substitute Teacher
Yomi Origunwa

Yomi Origunwa

Substitute Teacher

Years of experience? 3

What three things do you enjoy most in life?  Birds, photography, meeting new people

What is one thing you will never do? Stop hiking

Favorite place you've traveled to? Cienfuegos, Cuba

Mitchell Danielson
Mitchell Danielson Bookkeeper
Mitchell Danielson

Mitchell Danielson

Bookkeeper

What three things do you most enjoy in life? Reading novels, exploring new environs and pitching in on projects.

What is one thing you'll never do? Buy a lawn mower.

Favorite place you've traveled to? Bathsheba, Barbados

Robin Barneby
Robin Barneby Preschool Teacher

Robin Barneby

Preschool Teacher
Ita Molina
Ita Molina
Ita Molina

Ita Molina

Years of experience? 11

What three things do you enjoy most in life?  

  • Making connections with all living beings.
  • Sharing a beautiful table with family and friends filled with joy, laughter, and good food.
  • Enjoy exploring and walking in beautiful cities and nature.

What is one thing you will never do? Go to a garlic festival.

Favorite place you've traveled to? Italy

Kalanit Kohn
Kalanit Kohn Preschool Assistant

Kalanit Kohn

Preschool Assistant
Adam Kirk
Adam Kirk Orchestra & Choir

Adam Kirk

Orchestra & Choir

Years of teaching experience? 31

What three things do you enjoy most in life? Laughter, beauty, and friendship

What is one thing you'll never do? Bungee jump

Favorite place you've traveled?  Greece

Leny Gonzalez
Leny Gonzalez Preschool Assistant
Leny Gonzalez

Leny Gonzalez

Preschool Assistant

Years of teaching experience? 6

What three things do you enjoy most in life? 

  • Listening to relaxing music and the chirping of birds
  • passing the time with my family,
  • walking in the forest

What is one thing you'll never do? Surf

Favorite place you've traveled?   Chichen Itza, Mexico - a place where the Mayas built ancient stone pyramids 

Marta Shcharbakova
Marta Shcharbakova Kindergarten Assistant

Marta Shcharbakova

Kindergarten Assistant
Sofia Salusso
Sofia Salusso

Sofia Salusso

Lucas DeGiulio
Lucas DeGiulio
Lucas DeGiulio

Lucas DeGiulio

Years of teaching experience? 22

What three things do you most enjoy in life? The three things I enjoy most, besides my family, Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens, Campfire Singalongs and Stories under a canopy of trees and stars, Being in the Ocean.

What is one thing you'll never do? Appreciating the Mystery.

Favorite place you've traveled to? A Secret Abalone Cove in Mendocino, CA

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