Meet Our Staff
Tim Harper, Director
- Ed.D Candidate Social Justice and Equity in Education
- MA Early Childhood Education
- Early Childhood Special Education Credential
- BA Child Development
- Program Director Permit
- Transdisciplinary Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Practitioner, and Reflective Practice Facilitator State of California
![Maritza Fuentes](/child/images/Fuentes-Maritza.jpeg)
Maritza Fuentes (Barron), Administrative Assistant
- AS Business Administration, Heald College
- Translation & Interpretation Certificate, National Hispanic University
![Myrna Gust](/child/images/Gust-Myrna.jpeg)
Myrna Gust, Teacher
- AA Early Child Development, De Anza College
- Certificate of Achievement, Early Child Development Mental Health
- Site Supervisor Permit
- PITC Graduate
![Esther Lew](/child/images/Lew-Esther.jpeg)
Esther Lew, Teacher
- BA Home Economics with Child Development Emphasis, San Francisco State University
- Teacher Permit
![Kim Nguyen](/child/images/Nguyen-Kim.jpeg)
Kim Nguyen, Teacher
- MBA Emphasis in Marketing, USF
- BA in Biology, UC Santa Cruz
- Site Supervisor Permit
- Program Director Permit
![Lakshmi Padmanabhan](/child/images/Lakshmi2021.jpg)
Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Teacher
- BS Mathematics, St. Stephens College
- AA Child Development, De Anza College
- Master Teacher Permit
![Sofia Varela](/child/images/varela-sofia.jpeg)
Sofia Varela, Teacher
- MA Counseling in Education, San Jose State University
- BA Human Development, Pacific Oaks College
- AA Child Development, Foothill College
- Site Supervisor Permit
![Shuyan Wang](/child/images/wang-shuyan.jpeg)
Shuyan Wang, Teacher
- AA Child Development
- Teacher Permit
![Bill Wright](/child/images/Bill2021.jpg)
Bill Wright, Teacher
- BA Early Childhood Development, Pacific Oaks College
- AA Human Development, De Anza College
- Early Childhood Developmental Instructional Permit
![Jessica Weiner](/child/images/weiner-jessica.jpeg)
Jessica Weiner, Teacher
- BA Sociology
- Site Supervisor Permit
Yoko Iizuka, Teacher
- MA Educational Linguistics, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
- BA American Studies, Trinity Washington University
- AA Child Development, Foothill College
- Site Supervisor Permit
Ann Murphy, Teacher
- BA English, Tufts University
- Master Teacher Permit