Iridian Larrinaga

Iridian Larrinaga was born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico. She moved to San Diego to attend University of California, San Diego where she received her Bachelor’s in Spanish Literature in 2018. She finished her Master’s in Education and teaching credential at UCSD in 2019. On her free time she enjoys dancing, writing, going to concerts […]

Gavin Ishihara-Wing

Gavin is excited to begin another year at HTHCV teaching math to his 9th and 11th graders. He was born and raised in San Francisco and moved down to San Diego to attend the University of California San Diego for his bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a minor in Education. After graduating in 2009, he […]

Edrick Macalaguim

Edrick has spent the last 20 years as an educator for the Chula Vista community, 12 years at Finney Elementary School for CVESD, and the last 8 years teaching at HTMCV. He is looking forward to continuing his service for the HTH community as HTHCV’s new Director. Growing up, Edrick attended Bonita Middle and Eastlake […]

Elise Bostic

Hi there! My name is Elise Bostic and I teach Biology and Environmental Science. I began teaching high school science in 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona after graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis in Biological Sciences. In 2011, I earned my master’s degree from the University of Arizona […]

Christopher Burger

I am the luckiest teacher on the planet with the best teaching partner ever – we are writing the best high school math curriculum ever, and are presenting it to the best bunch of students ever.

Colleen Stevenson

I’m a San Diego native who graduated from Chapman University with a degree in Creative Writing (cluster in Communication and Leadership). After completing my undergrad education I worked in politics across San Diego, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. doing political communication and campaign finance investigation. In 2016, I graduated from the University of San Diego […]

Celina Rodriguez

Celina Rodriguez was raised in San Diego, California. She attended UC Davis where she earned her Bachelor’s in Chicana/o Studies & International Relations and her Masters in Education. Her thesis work focused on the transformative power of a Chicana/o Art curriculum to engage and empower students and community through silk-screen printing and murals. Her academic […]

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