Meet the Faculty
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.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)