About Us

SummerGATE 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

Judi Bliquez

B.A., UC Santa Cruz; Stevenson Elementary

Lessa Bouchard

M.A.T., SJSU

Shainna Breslow

BA., USF, Seashore Academy

Amy Brownstein Lum

B.A., SFSU; George Peabody Elementary

Sandra Camp

B.A; I.U, M.A; SFSU

Tricia Cronin

American Conservatory Theater, Burke School, SF Youth Chorus

Michael Drum

B.A., Colo. College, M.A., SFSU; Lafayette Elementary

Victor Flaviani

B.M., SFSU; Holy Name School

Katie Gerber

B.M., B.M.E., Indiana Univ.; M.M., SFCM; S.F. Youth Chorus, SummerGATE, Director

Janet Giannini

B.A., UC Berkeley; Jefferson Elementary School District

Gemma Glean

B.A., SFS, B.A., UCSD, OLPH

Alex Hertz

B.A., State Univ. of NY, Binghamton; Sunset Elementary

Mara HillB.A., Univ. Michigan; M.A., CA Inst. of Integral Studies; St. Gabriel
Ogechi Ibeanusi

BA., USC, MA., USF EdD., USF Mills High School

Calvin Leung

B.S., SJSU; Alice Fong Yu

Philip Marcoccio

B.A and M.A SF State, Grattan School

John Mayhew

B.A., Whitworth College; Rooftop Elementary

Raymond McMillan

B.A., SFU, Urban High School

Emily Milton

B.S., UCSB, OLPH

Alissa Nakaji

B.A., SFSU; Sunset Elementary

Debra Netkin

B.S., Univ. of Wisconsin; Lawton School

Faith Padgett

MFA., Sarah Lawrence, BA., UPenn

Chelsey Paulsen

B.A, SDSU, M.Ed BATTI, Episcopal Day School

Elizabeth Pauso-Jorgenson

M.A Teachers College of Columbia

Ana Cano Rivas

M.A; Univ. International Valenica, Spain, B.A; Univ. Barcelona

Lissa RobinsonB.S., Univ. Massachusetts; M.A., SFSU; Susan B. Anthony Elementary, Daly City
Jeremy Ruskin

B.A., UCSB

Naomi Sanchez

B.M., M.M., Indiana Univ.; American Conservatory Theater

Margarita Soyfertis

B. A. Fine and Industrial Arts, Institute of Fine Arts and Design

Kristen Tasker

B.A., University of Johannesburg, MAT,. SJSU

Jay Taylor

B.A., SFSU; Alice Fong Yu Middle School

Jonathan Wei

Director of Technology, St. Paul's and St. Raymond's

Soroya Wood

B.A., SFSU, Francis Scott Key 

Daniel YanowB.A., Humboldt State Univ.; Westborough M.S., South SF

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