Self-introductions

[Ann Huynh]

Hello,

My name is Ann Huynh and I am a second grade teacher at Norwood Street School.  I am super excited to learn more about East Asia and thinking about how to implement this knowledge to my students so that they have an understanding of their world.

[Catalina Silvestre]

Greetings,

I'm Catalina Silvestre-Lewis and I am currently a middle school teacher in LAUSD.  I am currently teaching the English intervention course at my school site. I am very excited to be here participating in this course and hope to take knowledge back to my school site and collegaues.  I am a seeker of education as I have obtained my first masters in education and my second masters in educational administartion.  I will soon become a Trojan to obtain an Ed.D. Fight On!!!

 

[Wilbert Ortiz]

Good morning. My name is Wilbert Ortiz and this is my first year in public school but I have 13 years teaching in the non-public/juvenile hall settings. I currently teach Special Ed History/English in South L.A. at Edison Middle School (6th-8th graders).  I took a Korean Seminar at the Korean Center in June and it was one of the best experiences I have had. I became interested in the Asian culture afterwards and I hope to get that much of an experience with this course.

Also, I do not have any school loyalty but I DO THINK THE SMITHS ARE THE GREATEST BAND PERIOD!

[Jane Shen]

Hi everyone! I am Jane Shen, nice to meet all of you here. I am 4th generation Korean born in China, then immigrated to USA 20 years ago. I am currently teaching Mandarin in High school.

I love camping, hiking and playing pingpong.

[Jonathan Tam]

I'm Jonathan Tam. I work with 11th and 12th grade at the School of Social Justice at Miguel Contreras. I like pineapples on pizza.

[Michelle Levy]

Hello everyone. My name is Michelle Levy and I am a 2nd and 3rd teacher in LAUSD, local district West. This is my second year teaching, ever! I'm excited to meet you all and have some meaningful East Asian discussions throughout this course. 

[Josephine Tambunan]

Hello. My name is Josephine Tambunan, but I go by Josie. I teach at Nava College Preparatory Academy pilot school on the Jefferson High School Campus. I currently teach 11th grade Chemistry and Leadership. This is my 8th year teaching, 4th year with NCPA.

 

[Carlos Oyarbide]

My name is Carlos Oyarbide and I am an 11th grade English teacher at Nava College Prep Academy.

[Rick Steil]

My name is Rick Steil and I am currently the photography teacher at Palisades Charter High School in Pacific Palisades. I am 58 years old and I am married and have 2 sons ages, 24 and 20. I was born in Dubuque, Iowa and worked as a fashion photographer for 30 years and lived in New York, Paris and Sydney, Australia. 

[Aja Koester]

Hey all,

My name is Aja Koester and I teach at Nava College Preparatory Academy. My name is pronounced as "Asia"...appropriate I know. I currently teach English 12 World literature and enjoy traveling to Japan and learning about their culture. 

[Lesly Gonzalez]

I teach 7th (world) and 8th (U.S.) history at Mark Twain Middle School in Mar Vista (LAUSD). I am fortunate to teach at a school with great language programs. I teach two of my history classes in Spanish (Dual Language-Spanish) and a seventh grade class to Language Immersion students (Mandarin).

I'm participating in this seminar to deepen my understanding of East Asia, especially because it was not a prominent topic in my own education.

[Beverly Nettles]

Hi everyone, my name is Beverly, I currently teach Transitional Kindergarten/Kindergarten at West Athens; I've been at this school now for 18 years.  I hope to retire in 2-3 years.  I'm taking this class because I'm interested in learning more about the culture of Asia, and perhaps teach English in Asia once I retire.

[Tanish Fortson]

Hello everyone, 

My name is Tanish Fortson and I teach K-2 special education at Hillcrest Elementary School. I this is my 4th year with LAUSD. I received my BA from CSUN in Deaf Studies and my MS from CSUDH in special Education. I love my job and am really enjoying my class this year because I only have 4 students right now. I am recently married and enjoying being a wife to my wonderful husband and my new step daughter. I originally signed up for this class because it is two free salary points but am now excited about learning new content that I can present to my students. 

[Alejandra Jimenez]

Hello,

 

My name is Alejandra. I teach at Alexandria Elementary Avenue School near Korea town. I teach 4th grade. Our Blangladesh population in our school is growing. I just transferred to Alexandria Elementary, I was at 10th Street Elementary for the past three years. Over this summer I took a Korean Studies seminar and I would like to implement Asian art and music into the curriculum. I am also planning to visit China next summer.

[Christine Xu]

Hi,

My name is Christine. I teach k-5 (Mandarin)  at Academia Moderna Charter school (LAUSD). This is my 5th year teaching as a Mandarin teacher.

I was born in china, and I love this topic" rise of East Asia". I would love to learn some knowldege from this seminar and use it into my classroom teaching.

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