Stories from KIPP Northern California teachers, students, alumnni, families & staff!
Senior year is an exciting time, and spring is an especially buzzy season as students make decisions about their postsecondary steps. It’s both a celebratory and pivotal time—for many students, this is the first...
When a new tool enters a classroom, someone has to be willing to ask the hard questions: Does this actually work? For which students? Under what conditions? At KIPP Northern California, we’ve built our...
Mayra Anaya, KIPP Heritage Expanded Learning Site Director If you read my birth certificate, it says I was born in Los Angeles, but the full story is richer and more complex. My family returned...
Carmen remembers vividly what it felt like when she first began looking for a school in the Peninsula for her son, Salo, nearly a decade ago. She wasn’t searching for a place to simply...
Emmanuel De La Torre, KIPP Stockton High School Ethnic Studies and History teacher I grew up in East San José, and it was a place where cultures blended beautifully! I remember seeing Hispanic, Asian,...
My name is Chloe Wong, and I’m a junior at USC studying Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing and a minor in public relations. But if we rewind a bit, it all started...
Daisy Carmona grew up in East San José with a front-row seat to the impact of school choice. Today, she is a proud graduate of KIPP San José Collegiate and UC Riverside and works...
My name is Miriam Fernandez, and I’m one of the eight KIPP alumni who interned with the KIPP Regional Support Office (RSO) this summer in Oakland. Since 2013, KIPP NorCal has hosted the summer...
I was born and raised in Oakland. The city life is what I was used to, but on my 10th birthday, my family and I moved to a suburban neighborhood in San Lorenzo. Moving...
My name is Sandra, and in the summer before 6th grade, my family and I moved to West Oakland. My mom and I were excited to be part of the community and enroll in...
When I was considering entering the world of teaching, I thought a lot about the kind of school I wanted to work at. My ideal school is one where students don’t just receive an...