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	Home Language Coordinator & Teacher, Jeannie Bruland A third generation teacher, Jeannie Bruland is in her ninth year of teaching in the Bay Area, having taught students from kindergarten to college. She currently serves as the Home Language Coordinator at Lighthouse, where she supports tutors to develop curriculum to develop students’ native languages and teaches Spanish as a Second Language. Jeannie received her Spanish bilingual CLAD credential from San Francisco State University. She teaches because she believes in the power of education to help students understand the world and change the world.
	Paula Guzman Paula Guzman is teaching kindergarten, first and second grade Home Language at Lighthouse. She has been a volunteer at public schools for 17 years. She is the mother of four daughters, two of whom attend Lighthouse. It has not been easy for her to learn English so she can help them with their homework. Now she is happy to be able to work in her daughters’ school. Paula is proud to work at Lighthouse, because she has been involved with the school in the planning stages, attending all the planning meetings before the school opened. When her daughter left fifth grade, she decided she wanted her to go to Lighthouse. She looks forward to seeing her daughters graduate from Lighthouse and go on to college.
	Columba López Columba López is a Spanish Home Language teacher at Lighthouse. She has three childrenat Lighthouse, in Kindergarten, 4th Grade, and 6th Grade. She’s been supporting Lighthouse since before it was established. This is her third year teaching Spanish as a Home Language. Columba went to Santa Monica College, where she took child development classes
	Gilberta Piedra Gilberta Piedra is a Spanish Home Language teacher at Lighthouse. She also teaches in the After School Program and helps at lunch and recess. She is the mother of four Lighthouse students: Lisa, in 2nd Grade, Karla in 4th Grade, Julio in 8th Grade and Tania in 10th Grade. She has been at Lighthouse for five years, but has worked more than seven years as a volunteer in different schools. Now she is very proud to belong to the Lighthouse community because she has the opportunity to work with her children’s teachers and be friends with all the school staff and other students’ parents. She works at Lighthouse because she believes that education is the best future for our children. She teaches Spanish, because she believes that it is important for children to continue knowing their language and their culture.
	Theresa Tam Theresa Tam is the mother of a fourth grader and first grader at Lighthouse. She teaches Cantonese Home Language. She also teaches in the After School Program and helps at lunch and recess. This is her fifth year working at Lighthouse. She is from Canton, China. She likes to teach Home Language because she thinks it is very important that students know their own languages so they can communicate with their families and understand their own culture.