Travis J. Bristol is an associate professor of teacher education and education policy in Berkeley’s School of Education and (by courtesy) the Department of African American Studies. He is also the faculty director of the Center for Research on Expanding Educational Opportunity. Before joining Berkeley's faculty, he was a Peter Paul Assistant Professor at Boston University. Using qualitative methods, Dr. Bristol explores three...
Daechelle is earning her administrative services credential and Masters of Arts in Educational Leadership in the Principal Leadership Institute at UC Berkeley. She is a Bay Area native who began her journey working with children as an after-school teacher and camp counselor locally, in the city of San Pablo, during her teenage years. Daechelle attended San Francisco State University for her undergraduate and graduate degrees. There she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education, a Master of Arts in Special Education, as well as graduate certificates in Autism Spectrum and...
Eva Beleche is a dedicated educator in Oakland Unified School District. In her 28 years in OUSD, she has taught grades from kinder to 5th, she has been a reading coach and a TSA. She is currently a 5th grade teacher at a dual language school.
She is currently 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. Her interests in education are Multilingual and Multiculturalism, educational equity, and building sustainable school models that prioritize student belonging...
Luz Salazar is a member of the 25th cohort of the Principal Leadership Institute at UC Berkeley’s School of Education. With nearly 30 years in Education, Luz has held roles as an Elementary, and Middle school teacher, Science and Math lead, Mentor/coach, and adjunct professor. She is a founding member of Melrose Leadership Academy, where she has worked in the implementation of the school’s vision by participating in the ILT, School Design team, and using the Expeditionary Learning framework to support our Beloved community of multilingual learners.
Enid García 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. Her academic interests include early childhood development, special education, dual language learners, Head Start programming, and community partnership development.
Enid currently serves as a Teacher on Special Assignment Instructional Coach for TK Dual Language Schools at Oakland Unified School District, working to ensure that the youngest English Language Learners thrive in a multilingual world....
Jeremi Wooten is a Master’s degree and Administrative Services Credential candidate of the 25th cohort for the Principal Leadership Institute at UC Berkeley. She is a Bay Area native who is passionate about being an educator in her own community. She has been integral in the establishment and heading of the African American Parent Advisory Committee at her school site. She has worked in various areas in elementary education in her 12 years at WCCUSD.
She is passionate about early childhood development, student advocacy and mentorships for at-risk students. Jeremi currently serves as...
Cecee Penney is a Master’s degree candidate in the 25th cohort of the Principal Leadership Institute at UC Berkeley’s School of Education. Her academic interests include educational equity, the ethical integration of artificial intelligence in schools, and building sustainable school models that prioritize student belonging and teacher retention.
Cecee currently serves as the Head of School at The Academy, a K–8 independent school in Berkeley, where she has led for the past four years. Under her leadership, The Academy expanded its STEM and humanities offerings, implemented data-...
Destiny Andrews is a proud Bay Area local, a dedicated educator of over ten years, and a current member of the 25th cohort of the Principal Leadership Institute at UC Berkeley’s School of Education. Her work is grounded in a deep commitment to social justice and educational equity, with a focus on dismantling oppressive systems to create transformative change for historically underserved communities.
Destiny teaches 4th and 5th grade at Oakland Academy of Knowledge, a public community school in East Oakland. As the daughter of Filipino immigrants and a first-generation college...
Randal Fraters Jr. is a Master’s degree and Administrative Services Credential candidate in the 25th cohort of UC Berkeley’s Principal Leadership Institute.
Currently, Randal serves as the Literacy Teacher on Special Assignment at Oakland Technical High School. His mission is to support literacy across the school. This is done through coordinating grade-level teams of teachers on learning together from shared practices or curriculum, coaching teachers one-on-one, pushing into classrooms to directly support students, and teaching a class or two. Prior to this role, Randal taught...
Sarah Chang 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. Serving schools in West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) for ten plus years, she has been a Vice Principal at Bayview Summer Extended Program, where she successfully led an effective community of learners and stakeholders to accelerate literacy growth in the most underserved population with a focus on multilingual learners.
Over the years, Sarah has held numerous leadership positions...
