Our Team

**From left to right:** Jo Ambler, Natalie Quintero, Giselle Escajeda, Courtenay Carr Heuer, May Howell, Claudia Leiva, Holly Bluhm

Staff

Courtenay Carr Heuer, Co-Founder and Executive Director

May A. Howell, Director of Operations

Holly Bluhm, Director of Programs

Susi Steiner, Development Manager

Giselle Escajeda, Program Coordinator

Head Teachers

Natalie Quintero, Head Teacher and Program Coordinator

Claudia Leiva, Head Teacher and Program Coordinator

Georgia Steinheimer, Head Teacher and Program Coordinator

Emma Jo Ambler, Head Teacher and Program Coordinator

Max Raskin, Head Teacher

Teaching Assistants

Safiya Barry, Teaching Assistant & Substitute Head Teacher

Regina Brooks-Day, Teaching Assistant

Lisette Munguia, Teaching Assistant

Veronica G-Mayorga, Teaching Assistant

Ariane Victoria Pelley, Teaching Assistant

Leslie Bailey, Teaching Assistant

Volunteer Staff

Thank you to our wonderful team of volunteers who help make our work happen and inspire our girls in STEM!

Anna Lee, Teaching Assistant

Geraldine Abilo, Teaching Assistant

Shaunti Luce, Teaching Assistant

Heidi Stettner, Teaching Assistant

College Corps Volunteers, Cal State University - East Bay

College Corps’ mission is to help create debt-free pathways to college while engaging students across the state by supporting and learning from community-based organizations in three priority areas: K-12 education, climate action, and food insecurity.

Yajaira Michelle Perez, Fellow - Teaching Assistant

Palmira Bejines-Magana, Fellow - Teaching Assistant

Pioneers for Change Volunteers, The Center for Community Engagement, California State University - East Bay

The mission of PFC is to provide opportunities for growth and development through team building, service projects, and service-learning internships that encourage students to be leaders on and off campus as well as catalysts for positive change within the community.

CalTeach Volunteers - UC Berkeley

CalTeach is a program for undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors interested in exploring a career in education.