Meet Our Staff
Naoko Harada, Director
- MA Early Childhood Education,San Francisco State University
- MA Teaching English as a Second Language,San Francisco University
- BA English Literature, University of the Sacred Heart, Japan
- Program Director Permit
- Transdisciplinary Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Practitioner, State of California
- Certified PITC (Program for Infant Caregivers), DRDP (Desired Result Developmental Profile and CLASS (CLASS Assessment) Trainer

Karen Villalba, Assistant Director
- Transdisciplinary Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Practitioner, State of California
- MA Special Education/Early Intervention, Santa Clara University
- BA Human Development, Pacific Oaks College
- AA Child Development, De Anza College
- Site Supervisor Permit

Maritza Fuentes (Barron), Administrative Assistant
- AS Business Administration, Heald College
- Translation & Interpretation Certificate, National Hispanic University

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, Teacher
- BA Home Economics with Child Development Emphasis, San Francisco State University
- Teacher Permit

Kim Nguyen, Teacher
- MBA Emphasis in Marketing, USF
- BA in Biology, UC Santa Cruz
- Site Supervisor Permit
- Program Director Permit

Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Teacher
- BS Mathematics, St. Stephens College
- AA Child Development, De Anza College
- Master Teacher Permit

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, Teacher
- AA Child Development
- Teacher Permit

Bill Wright, Teacher
- BA Early Childhood Development, Pacific Oaks College
- AA Human Development, De Anza College
- Early Childhood Developmental Instructional Permit

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