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

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

Chelsey St. Clair

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

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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