Staff

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Yoshimi Kinoshita/木下佳美 園長

Yoshimi Kinoshita has been the director of the preschool since June 2016. She taught at the school from 2005. She was born and raised in Fukuoka, Japan and graduated from Seiwa College with a BA degree in Early Childhood Education. She is the mother of two boys.        

Patti Sato / パティ先生

Patti sensei has been working in Early Childhood Education for over 17 years. She has been teaching as a Infant &Toddler and Preschool age child at UC. Berkeley ECEP program for 10 years. She attended Contra Costa College and received my A.S. in Early Childhood Education then continued her higher education at Cal State East Bay and she was majoring in Human development and family studies specializing in Early Childhood Education.

Aki Shimazaki / あき先生

Aki sensei was born and raised in Gifu, Japan. She graduated from a University with a BA degree in Early Childhood Education and has been working with children for more than 10 years. She has two children and likes to hike and to bake.

Reiko Kamada/鎌田礼子 相談役

Reiko-sensei has been the director of the preschool for the past 20 years, since the school was licensed in 1996. She retired in June 2016 and now serves as an advisor to the preschool staff. She attended the University of California at Davis and has a BA in Psychology and a BS in Child Development.