Cristina Valensisi
Director of Enrichment and Professional Development
Director of Enrichment and Professional Development for the Robinson Center...
Fiona Kuzmack
Enrichment Program Coordinator
Enrichment Program Coordinator for the Robinson Center...
A.J. Balatico
Saturday and Summer Enrichment Instructor
A.J. has made it his life’s mission to spread the wildfire of hands-on, minds-on learning to create a better future...
Melissa Deabler-Urben
Transition School & Enrichment Coordinator
Melissa (she/her) works as the Transition School and Enrichment Coordinator at the Robinson Center for Young Scholars...
Thomas Ames
Summer Stretch Instructor
Thomas has a B.S. in Mathematics and a Master’s in Accounting and teaches Algebra and Geometry...
Liza Birnbaum
Summer Stretch Instructor
Liza holds an M.F.A. in fiction from UMass Amherst and teaches academic and creative writing...
Truman Buffett
Summer Stretch Instructor
Truman will once again teach a fast-paced course in Geometry ...
Gust Burns
Summer Stretch Instructor
Gust, a writer and musician, returns to teach a creative writing course in memoir...
Amina Cesario
Summer Stretch Instructor, Saturday Enrichment Instructor
With a Ph.D. in marine science, Amina has focused her research on megafauna in the Egyptian Red Sea...
Jack Flesher
Summer Stretch Instructor
For Jack, philosophy has its moments that completely rock your world and make you stop and think...
Rebecca Habtour
Summer Stretch Instructor
Rebecca delights in empowering students to more ably observe, understand, design, & reshape the world...
Reese Johnston
Summer Stretch Instructor
Reese has been associated with the Robinson Center for a number of years, first as a student, now as an instructor...
Reginald Kent
Summer Stretch Instructor
Reggie Kent is a published author with an M.A. in English Literature. He is an M.F.A. student in Creative Writing at UW...
James "Jym" Kinney
Summer Stretch Instructor
“At their heart, math, science, and theatre are the same. They are all telling a story."...
Jean Lutgen
Summer Stretch Instructor
Jean is a proud native Seattlite who is looking forward to her 20th year teaching Summer Stretch!...
Michelle Nguyen
Summer Stretch Instructor
Michelle has competed in mock trial at both the high school and collegiate levels and has won numerous titles and awards...
Becca Pilcher
Summer Stretch Instructor
Becca's goal is to find the ways in which language and art can converge to broaden the written word...
Sanjana Ramesh
Summer Stretch Instructor
Sanjana's approach to teaching is equity-oriented and attempts to humanize both students and instructors...
Shawon Riffat Ara
Summer Stretch Instructor
Shawon's journey in healthcare has been marked by significant clinical roles and impactful epidemiological research...
Jeannine Sieler
Summer Stretch Instructor
Jeannine has been teaching Chemistry and AP Chemistry for almost 40 years...
Nina Sobers
Summer Stretch Instructor
Nina is an instructor for the English Department, teaching composition, argumentation, research, and literary analysis...
Melvin Soetrisno
Summer Stretch Instructor
Melvin once took the Stretch chemistry course he will now be teaching...
Matt Stewart
Summer Stretch Instructor
Matt taught HS biology and physics for 11 years and now focuses on science education and creating equitable classrooms...
Stephen Thornsberry
Summer Stretch Instructor
Stephen hopes young scholars from the program become active members of the local speech and debate community...
Yen-Chu Weng
Summer Stretch Instructor
Dr. Weng is passionate about understanding and representing the world through numbers, maps, and data analytics...
Louis Zheng
Summer Stretch Instructor
Louis loves talking about politics and the Supreme Court, especially how judicial precedent affects the underrepresented...