Caitlin teaches well­ness. Caitlin received a B.A. in English from Harvard College and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Colum­bia Univer­sity. A life­long learner, Caitlin completed a post-baccalau­re­ate premed­ical program before her work as an educa­tor with Planned Parent­hood inspired her to forgo medical school and return to her first love: teach­ing. Caitlin has been an educa­tor for over a decade. She is an avid yogi, published poet, and an advisor for Change The Talk, a peer-to-peer social justice work­shop. She incor­po­rates themes of toler­ance, mind­ful­ness and empow­er­ment into her lessons for all ages. Caitlin’s daugh­ter, Ramona, is in Kindergarten.

Amy teaches English and creative writing at the high school. She received a B.A. and M.A. in English, with an empha­sis in writing from Cali­for­nia State Univer­sity, North­ridge. Amy taught for over six years at the college level. Her fiction has been published in several liter­ary jour­nals, includ­ing Calyx and The Louisville Review. Amy’s son, Rylan, grad­u­ated from Waverly in 2010.

Amy teaches film­mak­ing and is the middle school dean. Amy has an M.F.A. in film and video from Cali­for­nia Insti­tute of the Arts and a B.A. from Univer­sity of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she studied English and film. She spent seven years at Wild­wood School in West Los Angeles, where she was the admin­is­tra­tive direc­tor and taught the film elec­tive. Prior to working at Waverly, Amy was a consul­tant for Cal/​West Educa­tors, guiding inde­pen­dent school board members through the process of hiring heads of school. Amy has two chil­dren, Nola and Kanaan, and two lovable rescue dogs, Josie and Katie. She spends her down­time with her husband and chil­dren at home or explor­ing Los Angeles and trying out new restau­rants in their NELA neighborhood.