Sandy Hamouli

Sandy Hamouli is a French primary teacher at SDFAS since 2023. She arrived with her family : her husband, her daughter, who is also a student at SDFAS, and her 18-years-old cat. She comes from France, where she earned her degree in métiers de l’éducation and became a teacher in 2012. She is passionate about […]
Guillaume Sanchez

Guillaume joined SDFAS at the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year. With 17 years of teaching experience, Guillaume creates a positive classroom environment that encourages students to express themselves with ease, and freely bounce off each other’s ideas during class discussions and collaborative work. To cultivate a relationship with his students, he strives to begin […]
Anaís Rebaud

Anaís is bilingual in Portuguese and English, and fluent in Spanish. She completed her entire education at French schools, both in France and internationally. These international experiences fueled her passion for bilingual education. In 2015, she earned a degree in Marketing from a Brazilian university, and the following year, she moved to San Diego. Since […]
Melody Rouquier

Mélody Rouquier was born in northern France and grew up near Toulouse. She studied Classics, first in a preparatory class for the Grandes Ecoles at the Lycée Fermat in Toulouse, then at the University Jean Jaurès and finally at the University Paul Valéry in Montpellier, where she studied the languages, literatures and cultures of the […]
Sheena Whitaker

Sheena is a dedicated and passionate educator with a deep commitment to special education and fostering inclusive environments for all students. With a profound belief in the power of every individual to thrive, Sheena has made it her mission to ensure that every child has the opportunity to succeed and be challenged. After earning her […]
Sophie Naman

French native, Sophie Naman is an experienced educator with a passion for art, dance, and world cultures. With teaching certifications from the French Ministere de l’Education, and from the State of California, a Master in Cultural Anthropology, and a Master in Urbanism and Sustainable Development from Universite d’Aix-Marseille, she has dedicated 18 years years to […]
Julia Franco

Julia was born and raised in Brazil, and moved to the U.S. ten years ago. Her passion for working with kids comes from her mom who is also a preschool teacher. Her mom opened up her own preschool when she was little, allowing her to help out at an early age by always playing and […]
Marie Claire Kouakou

Marie-Claire was born in Ivory-Coast (West Africa) and raised in Paris. She has been working for the last 7 years at San Diego French American School and 5 years at Le Lycee Francais De Los angeles. She has 2 children at SDFAS (12 years old and 6 years old). Her goal as an associate is […]
Nathalie Ruello

Nathalie Ruello, was born in Brittany in the west of France. She studied to become a specialized educator before working with multi-handicapped children for 8 years. She moved to San Diego in 2014 and lived there for 5 years before leaving for Porto in Portugal in 2019 and trained to be a crepe maker so […]
Laure Laprais

Laure comes to SDFAS from the San Francisco Bay Area where she has worked as a preschool teacher for the past 20 years. After enrolling her first boy at a play-based preschool, she joined a Parent Coop when her twin boys were born, and became passionate about play, and student led learning. She worked at […]