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

Thad Austin
B.A., M.A., SFSU; Herbert Hoover M.S.
Joshua Bell
B.A., SFSU; Jose Ortega Elementary
Eugene Berg
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.S., NYU; Jefferson H.S., Daly City
Jocelyn Berke
B.A., SJSU; Martin Elementary, South SF
Amy Brownstein-Lum
B.A., SFSU; George Peabody Elementary
Laura Garcia Castro
B.A., M.A., SFSU; Spring Valley Elementary, Millbrae
Rebecca Cherny
B.S., Univ. Nebraska; M.A., Columbia Teachers College; SummerGATE Director
Rowan Cutler
B.F.A., NYU; Burke, Brandeis, CSB, Town, Children's Day, Hamlin
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
Buffy Francisco
B.A., M.A., SJSU; M.A., SFSU; Borel M.S., San Mateo
Alison Gray
B.A., Humboldt State Univ.; M.A., New College of CA; Lawton Alternative
Saeeda Hafiz
B.S., 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
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
Calvin Leung
B.S., SJSU; Alice Fong Yu Alternative
Jay Levin
B.A., M.A., M.F.A., SFSU; J.C. Wornick Jewish Day School
Alexander Lewis
B.A., SFSU; Katherine Delmar Burke
Jessie Li
B.A., SFSU; Alice Fong Yu Alternative
Jinan Mahmoud
B.A., M.A., SFSU; Alta Plaza Preschool
Jennifer Man
B.S., UC Davis; Spring Valley Elementary, Millbrae
Stephanie Pierce
B.A., Univ. WA; M.Ed. G.W. Univ.; George T. Daniel Elementary, Kent, WA
Chanmony Prak
B.A., M.A., SFSU; Herbert Hoover M.S.
Carrie Primavera
B.S.Ed., West Chester Univ.; Formerly of Lafayette Elementary
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
K.C. Scinto
B.A., Sonoma State Univ.; Spruce Elementary, South SF
Mira Sinick
B.A., Rowan Univ.; Lawton Alternative
Nicole Small
B.A., SFSU; M.Ed., USF; M.A., SJSU; Dianne Feinstein Elementary
David St. Martin
B.S., Bastyr Univ.; Nutrition Ed. Project, SFUSD
Maria Vermette
B.S., Keene State College; Nutrition Ed. Project, SFUSD
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
Heather Wong
B.S., UC Davis; M.A.Ed., SFSU; Lawton Alternative
Ophelia Wong
B.A., SFSU; Katherine Delmar Burke
Helen Wong-Lew
B.A., SFSU; Spring Valley Elementary, Millbrae
Danny Yanow
B.A., Humboldt State Univ.; Westborough M.S., South SF
Trude Yazman
B.A., SJSU; M.A., Lone Mt. College; Commodore Sloat Elementary
Tatyana Yurkhova
B.A., Architectural Institute, USSR; Freelance Designer
Elena Zamora
B.A., SFSU; Guadalupe 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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