Anand Vedawala is a Master's degree and Administrative Services Credential candidate in the 25th cohort of the Principal Leadership Institute program at UC Berkeley's School of Education. His academic interests in education include building a beloved community, student empowerment, and social emotional learning.
Anand currently serves as a teacher leader at San Francisco’s César Chávez Elementary School working as a kindergarten teacher and a member of the school’s Instructional Leadership Team (ILT), School Website Committee, Union Building Committee (UBC), and Social Committee. Additionally he is one of the founders of the school’s Literary Club (which publishes a student-led literary and arts magazine) and Rainbow Club (an LGBTQ+ club for 4th and 5th graders).
Prior to his PLI work, Vedawala earned a BS in Civil Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology and an MFA in Computer Animation from Academy of Art University, San Francisco. He holds a multiple subject teaching credential from San Francisco Unified School District’s Pathway to Teaching program. Vedawala has been a Teacher Educator and an Equity Educator with Pathway to Teaching over multiple years.
Outside of his work in education, Vedawala can be found organizing San Francisco Zine Fest, facilitating monthly zine-making workshops at San Francisco Public Library, hiking in the Oakland Hills early Saturday mornings, and visiting national parks with his partner.
