Ya-Ching Chang, Content Specialist
Ya-Ching has over eight years of experience teaching at Chinese immersion schools and colleges in the US. She is currently a Chinese teacher in the upper elementary (3rd – 5th grade) at ISTP. Prior to that, she was a 3rd grade teacher at Yinghua Academy. She was the instructional lead for the STARTALK student summer program at Yinghua.
Cindy Chiang, Content Specialist
Cindy is the Chinese Academic Dean at the International School of the Peninsula (ISTP) in Palo Alto, California. She started her career teaching in Elementary and Junior High Schools in Taiwan. In 2010, she joined ISTP’s Chinese immersion program teaching 3th to 6th grades. Cindy was also one of the founding members of Level Chinese and has been serving as a content specialist and an advisor to develop Level Chinese curriculum and assessment.
Rodica Harvey, Content Specialist
Rodica is a multilingual, lifelong learner with eclectic interests: she has been an engineer, a language teacher, a photographer, and even a museum docent for Asian Civilizations. Rodica lived in Asia for 13 years. As a Spanish teacher at the Singapore American School, Rodica’s search to ensure that all students were making progress toward additive language caused her to constantly use her artistic and engineering skills to create engaging learning activities.
Xinyi Xu, Content Specialist
Xinyi Xu currently serves as the Director of Lower School at Yu Ming Charter School. Prior to her role as the Chinese Program Coordinator at Yu Ming, Xinyi spent 7 years in the Chinese immersion classroom in Michigan and California, teaching Kindergarten, Grade 2 and Grade 3.
Matt Austin, Illustrator