Megan Comerci
Originally from the North Bay, Megan earned her BA in History from Pepperdine University, and then moved to Seattle to earn her M.Ed. from the University of Washington in Educational Psychology for the Learning Sciences and Human Development, with an emphasis in Project Based Learning, Gifted Education, and Social Justice Education. For the past 5 […]
Claire Selva Huerta
Originally from the Southeast of France (Ardèche), Mrs. Selva Huerta received in 1995 the female scientific achievement award (Rhône-Alpes region). After two years of intensive math prep courses (Math sup, Math spé) in Grenoble, she entered the ENESAD (Dijon) and graduated in 2002 with an M.S. in engineering, with a specialization in agriculture. After spending […]
Hervé Gaudin
Originally from Vitré, a small town on the outskirts of Brittany (Ille-et-Vilaine), Hervé studied at the University of Villejean in Rennes where he obtained a degree in History. After working a few years in a car company, he began as a substitute teacher in 2001 before being admitted to the “CAER – CAPES Histoire et […]
Alexandra Mobley
Alex has held a passion for the environment since a very young age. This passion led her to study marine biology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. During her studies, she traveled abroad to Australia to study adaptations in coral reefs at James Cook University. After graduating with her Bachelor of Science degree, […]
Talena Smith
Talena was born and raised in Texas. After earning her BBA in Finance at the University of Texas at Austin and her MBA from the University of St. Thomas, she worked for several years in Finance before realizing her passion lay in teaching Mathematics to young minds, hoping to instill the same love for numbers […]
Gisela Moncada
Gisela Moncada joined SDFAS in August 2025. Gisela holds a doctorate in Mexican History from the Instituto Mora in Mexico City and brings nine years of teaching experience, spanning Tk through 8th grade as well as undergraduate and graduate students. Gisela (or Profesora Moncada as she prefers to be called) has a passion to teach […]
Catherine Rebiffé-Newnam
A native of Chartres, France, Catherine’s passion for the English language and teaching began well before she earned her baccalaureate degree. After studying English culture and literature for a year in the EF International School in Brighton, England, Catherine returned to France to earn her bachelor’s degree in English. She was subsequently awarded a Fulbright […]
Isabelle Roy
Isabelle was born and raised in Burgundy, France, and graduated from the University of Burgundy in Dijon with a Bachelor of Literature and Philosophy. Passionate about seeing the world, she worked in Tourism for a major French airline company which enabled her to travel extensively. She then decided to move to Morocco where she started […]
Diesa Eléonore Seidel (“SeiSei”)
Diesa holds French and American nationalities. She has a French mother and an Austrian father. She has progressed through her life-experiences and initiations as a collegiate scholarship athlete, professional athlete, private school teacher, coach, and ultimately as the founding director for the accredited non-profit United Initiatives for Peace. After a distinguished athletic career at Red […]
Anne Ricart
Mrs. Anne Ricart came to the United States for the first time as an exchange student when she was 18, lived with an American family for a year and graduated from the high school she attended. Back in France, she majored in English with a minor in French as a Second Language (Français Langue Etrangère) […]