FACULTY TEAM
DIRECTORS
PK CANDAUX is an Emmy-award winning producer of the television series 'Cagney & Lacey', and a former Director of Current Programs at CBS Entertainment where she supervised production of network prime-time series. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College and has written and produced for stage, film, television, and radio. She is co-founder of Renaissance Arts Academy.
SIDNIE GALLEGOS is a literacy and curriculum specialist, 1996 finalist for California Teacher of the Year, past president of the Glendale Teachers' Association, recipient of the California Reading Initiative Leadership grant, and Associate Director of the UCLA Writing Project. As an instructor with UCLA's Teacher Education Program and USC's Rossier School of Education, she has helped design instructional programs for students from kindergarten through university. She has a BA in History from UCLA and a Masters in Education from Cal State University Los Angeles. She is co-founder of Renaissance Arts Academy.
ADVISORS
FABIO ALTENBACH - M.S. Astrophysics, Caltech; B.S. Astrophysics w/ Math Minor, UCLA
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PATRICK BARROW – A.B.D. Mathematics, UC Berkeley; B.S. Mathematics, North Carolina State University
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JACI CASILLAS – B.S. Physics, UC Santa Barbara
CARLA CERDA – B.S. Environmental Science, University of Portland
KRISTEN FARLEY – Ph.D. Earth Science, Scripps Institute UC San Diego; M.S. Public Health, University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.S. Geology, Duke University; B.A. Geology, Whitman College
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KYLE GILNER – M.M. Violin Performance, Cleveland Institute of Music; B.M. Violin Performance, USC Thornton School of Music
KEVIN HARTNETT – M.M. Composition, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music; B.M. Composition, USC Thornton School of Music
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STEPHEN HOLMAN – B.A. Fine Art, University of East London, England
SCOTTY HSIEH – C.T.E./A.M.E. Fellow, Dance
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JOSEPHINE T. HUANG – B.F.A. Filmmaking, B.F.A. New Genres (Performance Art & Video), San Francisco Art Institute
MARVIN JORDAN – B.A. Communications/Asian American Studies, CSU Northridge
INNA KARSHEVA-TILMAN – M.M. Violin Performance, Arizona State University; B.M. Violin Performance, University of Tennessee
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JOSEPH KRAFT - B.A. Philosophy & Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada
JULIAN LAMPERT – B.M. Bass Performance, Rutgers University
CLEA LERNER – B.A. Economics and Environmental Science, Gaucher University
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TAYLOR LOPEZ-VALDEZ – B.A. Classics: Ancient Languages (Latin/Greek), Lewis & Clark College
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DANIELLA LOLLIE – B.A. English Literature, USC
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GEORGE MALEK – B.S. Physics w/Mathematics Minor, Pennsylvania State University
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GARRETT MCLEAN – B.A. Music, UC Berkeley
KAREN MERCHANT-YATES – M.A. Human Development, Pacific Oaks; B.F.A. Film, CSU San Francisco
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MARIA MYRICK– M.M. Violin Performance, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, B.M. Violin Performance w/ Philosophy Minor, Chapman University Conservatory of Music
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JAMAR MORRIS – B.A. English w/Pan-African Studies Minor, CSU Northridge
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FINN MURPHY – B.A. Dance and Literature, Bennington College
NGUYEN NGUYEN – M.F.A. World Arts and Cultures: Dance and Choreography, UCLA; B.S. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA
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GERALD NICDAO – M.A.T. USC Rossier School of Education; B.A. Political Science and Sociology, UC Berkeley
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DORIS OSWALD-BURRELL – M.A. German Literature, USC; B.A. Art Education, University of Frankfurt
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LORETTA PENG – M.B.A Columbia Business School; B.A. Economics and American Literature, UCLA
SHARON RAMIREZ – B.A. Sociology, CSU Los Angeles
SARRI SANCHEZ – M.F.A. Dance, Hollins University/American Dance Festival; B.A. World Arts and Cultures: Dance, UCLA
ERIK SPETH – M.F.A. Dance and Integrated Media/Technology, Ohio State University; B.F.A. Dance: Choreography and Performance, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
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ZACHARY STOKELL – B.A. Communications, UC Santa Barbara
MERARI SUHUN GIRON – B.A. Deaf Studies, CSU Northridge
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LISA LULU VALLEE ESCOTT – M.F.A. Painting, Otis College; B.F.A. Painting, California College of the Arts
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MARZA WILKS – M.M. Cello Performance, Juilliard; B.M. Cello Performance, New England Conservatory