Victoria Tao
Victoria is based in the Thinkering Tank on the K-8 Campus and works closely with students, integrating technology and digital citizenship into the K-8 curriculum. She brings 10 years of teaching experience in cross-disciplinary subjects, including painting, graphic arts, print production, digital media, and experimental animation.
Viviana Palacio
As Interim Dean of Students at the high school, Viviana focuses on the academic, social and emotional support for individual students. This includes supporting Advisors on a number of priorities such as diversity, equity, and inclusion programming, partnering with our student support team, and involvement in the Community Norms Committee. As a UN child, her …
Aimee Zvinakis
Aimee is a teaching artist. She grew up living in many different countries in Southeast and South Asia. After graduating high school on the Big Island of Hawaii, she moved to California to pursue studio art at UC Santa Cruz. Her pull toward education began as an outdoor educator working with edible gardening programs for …
James Roberts
James received his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Texas at Arlington and his doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. His graduate research focused on natural product total synthesis and developing methods to incorporate nitrogen into organic molecules. He strives to increase awareness of global problems and aims …
Grace Lazzarini
With a passion for social justice and activism in the classroom, Grace brings eight years of experience teaching in both traditional and progressive schools. Her deep interest and application of systems thinking, project-based learning and design thinking has helped students find connections to what they are learning to the world around them. Grace completed her …
Rebecca Figueroa
Rebecca taught college and high school English for three decades before deciding to pursue a master’s degree in Consciousness Studies at the Holmes Institute. In addition to teaching for many years at Oakwood and The Waverly School, she has designed and implemented integrated curriculum, spearheaded writing-across-the-disciplines programs, and advised numerous student clubs and publications. She …
David Cutler-Kreutz
David brings nine years’ experience managing outdoors programs, guiding, and working as an outdoor educator. Most recently, David managed regional outdoor programming for Big City Mountaineers and worked as a staff trainer and manager for YMCA BOLD/GOLD. David has guided and taught climbing, kayaking, canoeing, mountaineering, backpacking, skiing, and outdoor skills to students and adults …
Calina Ciobanu
Calina comes to Sequoyah after more than a decade of experience in higher education, both as a graduate student and an instructor. She has taught at institutions including Emerson College, the U.S. Naval Academy, and Duke University, where she received her Ph.D. in English. She also holds an A.B. from Harvard and an M.Phil. from …
