Greg teaches science at the high school. He has a B.S. in aero­nau­ti­cal and astro­nau­ti­cal engi­neer­ing from M.I.T. and an M.S. in aero­space engi­neer­ing from the Univer­sity of South­ern Cali­for­nia. Greg served in the Air Force and then worked at NASA’s Jet Propul­sion Labo­ra­tory as a space­craft engi­neer. Greg tran­si­tioned to becom­ing an educa­tor when he asked himself, ​“What can I do to make the world a better place?” His answer: ​“I am intensely curious about our natural world, and I love learn­ing new things and explor­ing deeper. I was drawn to educa­tion because I enjoy sharing my love of finding things out.” Greg’s sons attend Waverly – Eiji in 10th grade and Kazuo in 12th grade. (Email)

Jennifer is the learn­ing special­ist for kinder­garten through 12th grade. Jennifer has a Cali­for­nia Teach­ing Creden­tial, a Master’s in teach­ing, and certi­fi­ca­tion as an educa­tional ther­a­pist. Led to a career in educa­tion by a life­long fasci­na­tion with the many differ­ent ways people think and learn, Jennifer is happi­est when around chil­dren and teens and believes that most kids are natu­rally curious and seek chal­lenges to stretch them­selves. To support them, she explains,​“Often, you just need to give them the time and space to follow their curios­ity. For chil­dren who may find them­selves facing tasks which are too chal­leng­ing, what is often needed is support in build­ing the skills to feel capable of meeting a chal­lenge.” (Email)

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)

Paul teaches history at the high school. He received a B.A. in history from Williams College and a Ph.D. in Korean history from the Univer­sity of Cali­for­nia, Los Angeles. Prior to coming to Waverly, he taught at Occi­den­tal College where he won the Donald R. Lofts­gor­don Memo­r­ial Award for Outstand­ing Teach­ing in 2014 and 2019. Paul’s primary peda­gog­i­cal goal is to support and spur students to become inde­pen­dent and crit­i­cal thinkers ready and eager to change the world. (Email)

Andrés teaches Spanish and AP Spanish language and culture at the high school. 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)

Nick teaches math in the middle and high schools. Nick holds a bachelor’s degree from the Univer­sity of Chicago, and a master’s degree from the Univer­sity of Tennessee, Knoxville, both in econom­ics. He has taught under­grad­u­ate courses and has been involved in a great deal of fasci­nat­ing research, includ­ing with profes­sors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, authors of Freako­nom­ics. Further, he attended a progres­sive school and believes deeply in build­ing strong rela­tion­ships with students and creat­ing learn­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties that allow students to connect deeply with the mate­r­ial. (Email)