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)

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)

Kate teaches science and math in the high school. Kate earned her B.A. in cultural anthro­pol­ogy from the Univer­sity of Cali­for­nia, Santa Cruz and obtained her M.A. in multi­cul­tural educa­tion from Sacra­mento State Univer­sity. Kate aims to make educa­tion inter­est­ing, engag­ing and acces­si­ble for every­one. She has been working in educa­tion for almost 20 years, and has taught courses on the colle­giate level and most recently at Tree Academy, a progres­sive school in West Holly­wood. When not teach­ing or research­ing about educa­tion, Kate can be found trav­el­ing, walking for hours through cities, the coun­try­side, or the forest taking photos and making art. (Email)

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 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)