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2025-2026

Commit­ted to a human­is­tic approach, our high school teach­ers encour­age their students to be creative, self-disci­plined, and inde­pen­dent intel­lec­tu­als capable of high acad­e­mic achieve­ment and personal growth. Faculty share and model life­time learn­ing by devel­op­ing new classes and working with students on a range of activ­i­ties outside of class.

HS Faculty Immaculata Ajugu 24 25

Immac­u­lata Ajuogu

Immac­u­lata teaches human­i­ties in the high school. Immac­u­lata was born and raised in Nigeria and has been living in the U.S. for over 16 years. She received her bachelor’s in public health from the Univer­sity of Wash­ing­ton and her master’s in anthro­pol­ogy, with a focus on global health and studies, from Case Western Univer­sity. In her spare time, she enjoys poetry, trav­el­ing, dancing, reading, and engag­ing in research. As a scholar of anthro­pol­ogy and its impact on public health, and with the highest of confi­dence, she is convinced that Niger­ian jollof rice (not any other jollof) will change every­one’s life for the better! (Email)

MS Faculty Grace Hess Quimbita 24 25

Grace Hess-Quim­bita

Grace teaches chem­istry and intro­duc­tion to phys­i­cal sciences in the High School. She also teaches the Middle School farm elec­tive and provides math support to Middle School students. Grace has a B.A. in chem­istry from Occi­den­tal College, an M.S. in chem­istry from the Univer­sity of Cali­for­nia, San Diego, and a Ph.D. in higher educa­tion and adult devel­op­ment from the Univer­sity of Cali­for­nia, Los Angeles. Grace says, ​“I am very happy that Waverly is a small school, which helps me to genuinely and person­ally provide the right level of chal­lenge balanced with tons of scaf­fold­ing and support uniquely suited for each student.” Grace’s two chil­dren grad­u­ated from Waverly – Nicholas ​’20 and Sophia ​’17. (Email)

HS Faculty Tony Huang 24 25

Tony Huang

Tony teaches English in the high school. Tony was born in Seoul, South Korea and spent his upbring­ing in Taiwan, Malaysia, and South Korea before immi­grat­ing to the United States for univer­sity. He received his bachelor’s in the Writing Semi­nars from Johns Hopkins Univer­sity and a master’s in English Single-Subject Teach­ing from Pepper­dine Univer­sity. Before joining Waverly, Tony spent nine years in inde­pen­dent board­ing schools in Cali­for­nia and Mass­a­chu­setts, where he taught English, creative writing, and coached soccer and badminton. In his free time, Tony likes to do outdoor activ­i­ties with his family, street photog­ra­phy, and screen­writ­ing. (Email)

HS Faculty Jack Knight 24 25

Jack Knight

Jack teaches high school math. He has a B.S. in math­e­mat­ics and physics from the Univer­sity of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, a Diploma in Math­e­mat­ics (part 1) from the Univer­sity of Auck­land (New Zealand), and a Diploma of Teach­ing in Math­e­mat­ics, Physics, and Chem­istry from Teacher’s College in New Zealand. Jack enjoys teach­ing at Waverly because ​“the students are friendly and honest in sharing their thoughts.” (Email)

HS Faculty Andrés Roblero 24 25

Andrés Roblero Villalobos

Andrés teaches Spanish and AP Spanish language and culture at the high school and is the Outdoor Educa­tion Coor­di­na­tor. He is a native of Costa Rica and grad­u­ated from the Univer­sity of La Salle with a degree in busi­ness and inter­na­tional market­ing. Andrés loves to inspire students to deepen their under­stand­ing of crit­i­cal aspects of Hispanic culture and language. In turn, Andrés says, ​“Waverly students inspire me because of their humil­ity, consis­tency, work ethic, and deter­mi­na­tion in every­thing they do.” (Email)

MS HS Faculty Beatriz Valls Rodriguez 2023

Beatriz Valls Rodriguez

Beatriz teaches Spanish in the High School as well as art in the middle and high schools. Beatriz comes from Madrid, Spain. She received her bachelor’s in soci­ol­ogy from the Univer­si­dad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and a fine arts degree at Accad­e­mia delle Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, Italy. She contin­ued her passion for art and social studies, complet­ing an MFA in public prac­tice at Otis College of Art & Design in 2012, and she is currently looking forward to defend­ing her Ph.D. disser­ta­tion focused on socially-engaged art from UCM in Madrid in 2024. In her spare time, Bea enjoys doing sports to main­tain her mental and phys­i­cal well-being, talking to her family abroad, discov­er­ing new places in LA, going to museums and galleries, and being with her family and friends. (Email)