SummerGATE About Us

Great Adventures Through Education
is a California non-profit educational corporation established by the San Francisco Association for the Gifted and Talented for the purpose of providing college-bound students with challenging summer classes.

SummerGATE Faculty

Gabriel Alegre
B.A., SFSU; Gordon J. Lau Elementary
Thad Austin
B.A., M.A., SFSU; Herbert Hoover M.S.
Eugene Berg
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.S., NYU; Jefferson H.S., Daly City
Megan Blanton
B.A., Univ. Washington; Nutrition Ed. Project, SFUSD
Amy Brownstein Lum
B.A., SFSU; George Peabody Elementary
Rebecca Cherny
B.S., Univ. Nebraska; M.A., Columbia Teachers College; SummerGATE Director
Rowan Cutler
B.F.A., NYU; CSB, Town, Hamlin, Burke, Brandeis, SF Day, Sacred Heart
Ray Decker
B.A., SFSU; Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School, Foster City
Rachel Duncan
Gardening Teacher, Hands-On Botany & Gardening Project, Ulloa Elementary
Monica Edler
B.F.A., Univ. Kansas; M.A., SFSU; Sunset Elementary
Gordon Fair
B.S., Carnegie Mellon Univ.; St. Gabriel
Karen Fisher
B.A., UC Berkeley; Modoc Co. Office of Education, Alturas
Donald Francis
B.A., New College of CA; Ulloa Elementary
Elizabeth Francisco
B.A., M.A., SJSU; M.A., SFSU; Borel M.S., San Mateo
Laura Garcia Castro
B.A., M.A., SFSU; Spring Valley Science School
Holly Grant
ASL Interpreter Certificate; Formerly of Covina Valley Unified School District
Saeeda Hafiz
B.A., Temple Univ.; Nutrition Ed. Project, SFUSD
Mara Hill
B.A., Univ. Michigan; M.A., CA Inst. of Integral Studies; St. Gabriel
Martha Hjelle
B.A., SFSU; Beginning Teacher Support Advisor, SSFUSD
Michelle Irwin
B.A., S. Conn. State Univ.; M. A., W.VA Univ.; Teacher Mentor, SFUSD
Carolyn Jayne
B.A., M.A.T., Wayne State Univ.; Grattan and Sloat Elementaries
Rebecca Kee
B.A., Columbia Univ.; Paul Revere Elementary
Katherine Kellams
B.A., UCLA; Formerly of Rooftop Elementary
Kathy Krusen
B.A., UC Santa Cruz; Urban H.S., Halberstadt Fencer's Club
Susie Lam
B.A., SFSU; Alice Fong Yu Alternative
Kathryn Laughlin
B.A., Purdue Univ.; Hilldale School, Daly City
Calvin Leung
B.S., SJSU; Alice Fong Yu Alternative
Jessie Li
B.A., SFSU; Alice Fong Yu Alternative
Joseph Luger
B.A., CSU Fullerton; Paul Revere Elementary School
Jinan Mahmoud
B.A., M.A., SFSU; Alta Plaza Preschool
Sherry Matsumoto
B.A., SFSU; Clarendon Elementary
Sally Meneely
B.A., SFSU; Herbert Hoover M.S.
Lydia Mutch
B.S. Georgetown Univ.; Robertson Intermediate School, Daly City
Chanmony Prak
B.A., M.A., SFSU; Herbert Hoover M.S.
Maureen Rinehart
B.A., Univ. WA; M.A.Ed., Antioch Univ.; Bayshore Elementary, Daly City
Lissa Robinson
B.S., U. Mass; M.A., SFSU; Susan B. Anthony Elementary, Daly City
Amber Sambrone
B.A., CSU Hayward; M.A., New College of CA; Clarendon Elementary
Angela Sheredy
B.A., UC Davis; Ed.M., Harvard Univ.; Spring Valley Science School
David St. Martin
B.S., Bastyr Univ.; Formerly of Nutrition Ed. Project, SFUSD
Michelle Tam
B.S., UC Davis; M.A., SFSU; Lawton Elementary
Jay Taylor
B.A., SFSU; Alice Fong Yu Alternative
Zulema Valenzuela
B.A., M.A., UC Santa Cruz; Paul Revere Elementary
Jo Anne Viserta-Galinis
B.A., SUNY Brockport; Formerly of CA Science Teachers Association
Marc Williams
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., CUNY Brooklyn; Alice Fong Yu Alternative
Belinda Wong
B.A., SFSU; Alice Fong Yu Alternative
Ophelia Wong
B.A., SFSU; Katherine Delmar Burke
Sarah Wydler
B.A., CSU Hayward; Buri Buri Elementary, South SF
Daniel Yanow
B.A., Humboldt State Univ.; Westborough M.S., South SF
Trude Yazman
B.A., SJSU; M.A., Lone Mt. College; Commodore Sloat Elementary
Al Zvirbulis
B.A., M.A., Univ. Illinois; Formerly of James Hart M.S., Homewood, IL

Please note: changes in personnel are sometimes necessary.

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