Teachers
Meet our Team
Teachers with Real World Experience.
Miss Lisa
Creative Writing
Public Speaking
Miss Lisa has been a Scholastic Writing & Art Awards judge at the regional and national level for six years. She’s the author of two award-winning novels, Stolen Secrets and League of Strays under the name L.B. Schulman. She offers creative writing to children and adults through private and group classes. She is also a long-standing member of Toastmasters.
Miss Annalise
Science
Public Speaking
Miss Annalise is a molecular biologist who worked in the lab at BioDesix, a leading diagnostics solutions company. She has an undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Occidental College and a Masters in Advanced Genetics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2024. She was a member of Search and Rescue for six years. In her spare time, she also is an avid archer.
Miss Julia
Chess
Miss Julia is a popular chess streamer on YouTube and Twitch. She is a top 100 ranked U.S. women’s chess player. She is a frequent chess commentator, interviewing the top chess grandmasters. Miss Julia has a unique story of quitting chess at 12 with a rating of 1000, only to return to chess at the age 20. In just a few years, her rating has risen to 1800 and still climbing.