ELC Year: 2025-2026

Finer

Carl Finer is in his 20th year teaching middle school in South Los Angeles. Serving at Animo Jefferson Charter Middle School since 2011, he has built a nationally recognized…
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McGerity

Kate McGerity has worked in the Cotati Rohnert Park Unified School District for over 25 years. She is pleased to have worked with both middle school and high school…
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Ross

Building Bridges. Connecting Communities. Growing Global Citizens. This is the vision of Jessica A. Ross (the Boss). It stems from her previous work in the global nonprofit sector and…
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Silva

Victor Silva began working in education in 2004 and has been a Social Studies and English teacher in the Grover Cleveland High School Humanities Magnet since 2018. Victor is…
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Braunstein

David Braunstein has taught at Carlmont High School in Belmont, California for the past 23 years. He earned his BA in International Relations from UCLA and an MS in…
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Bigelman

David Bigelman is in his 23rd year teaching and his 3rd year teaching both English and Art. He taught AP English for several years and recently changed to teaching…
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C. Rodriguez

Catherine Rodriguez has been an English Language Arts Teacher for 33 years. She started her teaching career at St. Mathias High School in Huntington Park, California. After 3 years…
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Kelly

Spencer Kelly is a special education teacher and department head. He has worked to establish curriculum supports for ELA and History departments to support Holocaust education implementation, as well…
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Avila

Fernando J. Avila has been an educator for 9 years and has served as a school administrator for 8 of those years. As Assistant Principal of Student Affairs and…
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Salle

Francie Salle teaches at Archie Williams High School in San Anselmo. She has been a high school social studies teacher since 1995. Francie began her career at a boarding…
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Rodriguez

Haydee S. Rodriguez, NBCT is a veteran educator with over 25 years of experience teaching World History, English, and Journalism at Central Union High School in El Centro, California….
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Leiva

Claudia Leiva has been an adjunct faculty member at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) since 1999, where she has dedicated over two decades to teaching a wide range of…
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