This is Chelsea’s seventh year at Shasta: first, as the founding AP Literature teacher and proud Class of 2020 mentor, and then in her current role as Dean of Culture and Instruction. Prior to her time at Shasta, Chelsea taught and served as an instructional leader in Pacifica School District for almost a decade. She holds a B.A. in English Literature, credentials in both English and history, as well as a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction. She loves our community and cannot wait to continue to work with students, families, and faculty to lead Shasta into the future.

Born in Los Angeles and raised in Hong Kong, Maggie grew up with both American and Chinese cultural influences. After graduating from high school, she moved to Eagle Rock, California, where she attended Occidental College, ultimately earning a B.A. in Sociology with a minor in English. Shortly thereafter, as part of the Marshall Teacher Residency’s second cohort, she moved to the Bay Area to teach English 9 at Summit Shasta while earning her single subject teaching credential and M.A. in Education from the University of the Pacific. After teaching AP English Language at Summit Everest for two years, she eventually returned to Shasta, where she continued to teach AP Lang for an additional three years while mentoring the Spam MuSUbis (class of 2025) and coaching a resident teacher throughout the 2023–2024 school year. Following six years in Summit classrooms, Maggie is excited to serve as a Dean of Culture and Instruction at Shasta, where she aims to support teachers in creating rigorous, equitable, culturally relevant learning opportunities for all students.

Xavier Gordon is a passionate educator and advocate for youth focused on pushing educational environments to be dynamic spaces that cultivate a deep love of learning among students and staff. They are dedicated to teaching culturally and linguistically diverse students across learning environments. In the last 15 years, Xavier has worked to develop scholars in public, charter, and independent school communities throughout the US and Haiti. Xavier is currently pursuing their Ed.D in Educational Leadership, and holds an MAE in ESL from Augsburg University, as well as a B.A. in American Studies from Macalester College. As a product of community education initiatives, they have dedicated their life to serving under-resourced communities within the U.S.-and abroad- while advocating for the educational equity and access for youth in those communities. As a person, Xavier enjoys volleyball, rugby, cooking, traveling, 90s pop culture, and the arts.

Ryan is entering his 12th year working at public schools across California & Connecticut, half of those years spent as a school administrator and the other half as a teacher. Ryan currently works as the Dean of Expeditions at Summit Shasta High School in Daly City, CA and before that as a Dean of Culture & Instruction at Summit Everest High School in Redwood City, CA. Prior to this, Ryan was the Science Department Chair, Instructional Coach and Physics Teacher at KIPP San Francisco College Prep in San Francisco, CA and he started his career as a Physics Teacher at Fairchild Wheeler Magnet High School in Bridgeport, CT where he received a Teacher of the Year award. He is passionate about creating post-secondary school opportunities, hands-on project-based learning and community engagement.

In addition to his time working in public schools, Ryan is also a Master’s Degree candidate in the 24th Cohort of the Principal Leadership Institute (PLI) at the UC Berkeley School of Education. Prior to his career in education, Ryan received his Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Outside school, Ryan enjoys trail running, reading, exploring the US National Parks and finding the best burgers in San Francisco.

Anna is a Bay Area native. After earning her degree in Biology, she went back and explored her passion as a hairstylist. When the pandemic hit, it caused her to re-evaluate her whole career, and she realized her deeper love for education. And she wanted to get involved. Anna will now be starting her third year at Shasta as the DOO.