Melissa L., B.A, Multi-Subject Teaching Credential (MSTC), has more than 30 years of experience working with infants, preschoolers, and children in TK-6 classrooms. She has worked in public and private school settings and examined a variety of learning programs such as Challenger, Montessori, High Scope, and college-run preschools including De Anza College, San Jose State University, and Stanford University. As a K-6 afterschool program supervisor, she developed lesson plans and curriculum to meet the needs of diverse populations and students with special needs. Le has extensive experience mentoring emerging teachers in the SJSU and Stanford student-teacher programs, as well as beginning teachers completing their two year BTSA programs. Her expertise is in identifying the needs of her students, both children and adults, and helping them reach their full potential. She currently serves as chair of the Early Childhood Education Certificate Program Advisory Board for UCSC Extension. She is also the current head of tutoring.

Angelina has more than 5 years of experience in volunteering at elementary schools. Her volunteer activities include helping in the school library, chaperoning at field trips, and hosting booths at school international events. She has also volunteered for Project Cornerstone, a program where she reads books to students to promote positive youth development. She is the mom of an extraordinary high schooler. She is certified in Early Childhood Education from UCSC Extension. Previously, she had a career in international business, logistics, and marketing for more than 10 years. She made the switch to a career in early childhood education because she loves children. She believes that it is a privilege to teach and guide young, imaginative, innocent, and beautiful minds. It is her passion to close the gap between cultures due to language barriers. In her spare time, Angelina enjoys traveling with family and friends or solo, watching movies, listening to music, reading, and occasionally working on her baking skills.

Andrea is a seasoned elementary and middle school volunteer.  She is the mother of two amazing teens.  She has experience as a volunteer teacher’s assistant, in-class math/reading assistant and various leadership roles in the school’s parent organizations.  She was the volunteer lead for Don Callejon School’s Project Cornerstone program for over six years, where she trained parent volunteers to read books and teach positive values to elementary students.  Andrea enjoys exercising during her spare time and is a certified fitness instructor and personal trainer.  She also enjoys hiking, traveling and spending quality time with her family and friends.

Will is currently a college sophomore and is the digital media manager of Caterpillar English Academy. From a young age, he has always loved to design things; hence, his first obsession developed: Legos. As a young boy, he would spend hours creating strange amalgamations of brightly colored plastic bricks until his fingers blistered from pulling such Legos apart. Later, he moved on to other platforms of creation, such as music, and more specifically, the piano. He loves improv and creating music from a few basic chords. Of course, now he is designing projects digitally. Will would like to express that language is just another platform for design. A combination of words can sometimes be beautiful or just down-right dreadful. That is why he is doing his best to support Caterpillar English Academy and wishes that you learn as much as you can about English.