Meet the Team

  • Xina

    Director

    Montessori Chinese Headteacher

    Early Childhood Montessori Teaching Credential

    Certified Mandarin Chinese the Montessori Way.

    Certified Mindfulness Teacher

    B.A., in Foreign Language at Dalin University

  • Kathleen King

    Montessori English Headteacher

    University of California, Berkeley B.A. in Geography

    M.A. in Early Childhood Education

    Early Childhood Montessori Teaching Credential

  • Linqing Deng

    Chinese Assist Teacher

  • Tracy Gaines

    Administration

  • ShaoCui Chen

    Chinese Assist Teacher

    Cooking teacher

  • Laura Su

    Art Teacher

    Her creations have been showcased in museum stores, such as SFMoMa, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, as well as gallery shops across the United States and abroad. She holds a BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design and a graduate certificate in Early Childhood Education

  • SuWen

    Mindfulness Teacher

    I am the founder of Mindful Circles, my practice that provides mindfulness life education to children, parents, and school teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area. As an experienced instructor with a Masters in Early Childhood Education, I have provided Mindful Circles seminars, workshops, and courses at schools in the U.S., China, Japan, and Taiwan

  • Vincent

    Sports

  • Master Yan

    Director Master Yan, Yanqing Ding, started martial arts since childhood. He was selected by the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan at the age of eight to continue his Kung Fu training as a lay disciple