Tony Thomas
Hailed from the Keystone State, Pennsylvania, where I grew until my early twenties. Then started my journey west to start college, at the University of Montana, in Missoula. Earned a Bachelors of Science in Nursing, from Montana State University, in Bozeman. Along the way I studied ceramics in Missoula as well. That is where I […]
Tianna Lopez
Tianna was born and raised in San Diego.She has a background in nursing and over a decade of Site Manager experience. Before moving to Seattle, Washington in 2015 to serve as founding operations manager for one of Seattle’s first Charter High Schools, she was HTMMA’s site manager and dance teacher for eight years.After supporting A […]
Steve Kirchberg
Hi, I’m Steve. I have been with the HTH schools since 2015 and have worked as an academic coach, Spanish teacher and now as an Ed Specialist. I am from San Diego and attended SDSU where I studied Spanish and psychology. In education some things that are most important to me are: elevating student voices, […]
Susana De La Pena
My name is Susana, I grew up both in Mexico and San Diego. I am new to HTHNC this year. I worked at HTHCV and HTECV, 5 years ago for the after school program, and now I am part of the teaching credential program at the High Tech High learning academy. I graduated from SDSU […]
Ray Trinidad
Philip Estrada
I grew up in San Diego enjoys surfing, walking, and beer tasting in this beautiful area. Even though he never thought of himself as a school person, he was attracted to teaching at a project based school because all the experiences that he most remembered from high school happened while he was making and doing […]
Mele Sato
The desire to connect with others through mathematics brought Mele to High Tech High Media Arts in 2008, first as a mathematics teacher for 14 years and now as an Instructional Coach. Mele approaches learning with students and adults by looking at local and global communities with multiple lenses. She seeks to guide adults to […]
Lauryn Stephenson
Lauryn bounced around the globe only to discover that the most amazing place in the world was right where she started- San Diego! She is passionate about teaching as a means of promoting justice and equity within her community. The 2023-24 school year will be Lauryn’s fourth year teaching at High Tech High Media Arts. […]
Dan Allen
I began my art career at the age of four. I remember copying a coloring book page instead of coloring it in with crayons. My preschool teacher praised my ability to recreate the drawing that I seen in the book. My peers said that it was cool. My mother hung it on the refrigerator and […]
Dan Slowik
Prior to teaching, Dan attended the University of Dubuque, where he was a member of the men’s basketball team. Following his years at Dubuque, he received his Bachelor’s degree in Geography Education at Illinois State University. After college, Dan taught high school history on the South Side of Chicago for 4 years, where he also […]