Teachers and Staff

Tim Harper, Director 

• Ed.D Candidate Social Justice and Equity in Education
• MA Early Childhood Education 
• Early Childhood Special Education Credential
• BA Child Development
• Program Director Permit
• Transdisciplinary Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Practitioner, and Reflective Practice Facilitator State of California

Maritza Fuentes (Barron), Administrative Assistant  

• AS Business Administration, Heald College 
• Translation & Interpretation Certificate, National Hispanic University 

Myrna Gust, Teacher

• AA Early Child Development, De Anza College
• Certificate of Achievement, Early Child Development Mental Health
• Site Supervisor Permit
• PITC Graduate 

Esther Lew, Teacher 

• BA Home Economics with Child Development Emphasis, San Francisco State University
• Teacher Permit 

Kim Nguyen, Teacher

• MBA Emphasis in Marketing, USF
• BA in Biology, UC Santa Cruz
• Site Supervisor Permit
• Program Director Permit

Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Teacher 

• BS Mathematics, St. Stephens College
• AA Child Development, De Anza College
• Master Teacher Permit

Sofia Varela, Teacher

• MA Counseling in Education, San Jose State University
• BA Human Development, Pacific Oaks College
• AA Child Development, Foothill College
• Site Supervisor Permit

Shuyan Wang, Teacher 

• AA Child Development
• Teacher Permit 

Bill Wright, Teacher 

• BA Early Childhood Development, Pacific Oaks College
• AA Human Development, De Anza College
• Early Childhood Developmental Instructional Permit

Jessica Weiner, Teacher

• BA Sociology
• Site Supervisor Permit 

Yoko Iizuka, Teacher

• MA Educational Linguistics, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
• BA American Studies, Trinity Washington University
• AA Child Development, Foothill College
• Site Supervisor Permit

Ann Murphy, Teacher

• BA English, Tufts University
• Master Teacher Permit