Ms. Wright is the Founding Principal of KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy.  She has several years of teaching experience in bilingual classrooms in San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona.   Before founding KIPP Adelante, she was the Director of Bilingual Programs at Tertulia Charter School in Phoenix.  Ms. Wright was responsible for overseeing the implementation of a comprehensive federal Title VII grant to upgrade the school’s dual language program.  For three years, she was elected to serve as the Teacher Representative on the Tertulia Board of Directors.  In addition, she coordinated professional development activities, served on the School Improvement Team, founded a Girl Scout troop, and completed a Principal internship and certification program.

As a teacher, Ms. Wright taught bilingual third, fourth, fifth and seventh grades and also wrote and received three teacher grants for bilingual resources and a corporate grant for science resources.  Ms. Wright is a Teach for America alumna. 

She received her B.A. in Latin American Studies from Carleton College and her Masters of Education in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from Harvard University.  In 2002, she was awarded a KIPP Fisher Fellowship and completed an intensive school leadership program at UC Berkeley. 

St. Claire has sixteen years of teaching experience both in his home country, South Africa, and in the United States.  In addition to teaching children, St. Claire has educated future teachers at Dominican University where he taught methodology and teaching seminar classes.  St. Claire holds degrees from the Dower College of Education and the University of Port Elizabeth.  He also holds a Ph.D. from the American College of Metaphysical Theology.  He continued his studies at Rhodes University to complete another post-graduate degree in Educational Leadership and Management.  He lectured at the Kagisanong College of Education in Bloemfontein before coming to the United States in 1999 for a teaching position in North Carolina.  Before joining the KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy faculty, St. Claire taught at Noble Street Charter School in Chicago, IL where he taught math and initiated the National Honors Society as well as the Honor Roll and High Honor Roll.  Two summers ago he traveled to Russia with many of his students—a trip that he organized and for which he fundraised.  St. Claire also initiated the National Junior Beta Club at KIPP Adelante and continues to lead it as its faculty co-sponsor.

Ms. Alandydy is a project manager for University of California, San Diego Health Care Services. Prior to this, Ms. Alandydy was a Senior Project Manager for The New Teacher Project, an entrepreneurial, nonprofit consulting firm, spun-off from the nationally renowned teaching corps, Teach For America, and dedicated to improving teacher quality in public education systems nationwide. Before joining The New Teacher Project, Ms. Alandydy was the Director of Education for the Providence Black Repertory Company, where she founded and managed an arts-based education practice within the non-profit theatre company to serve at-risk populations of students within the Providence Public School District. Ms. Alandydy began her professional career as a management consultant for APM/CSC Healthcare, where she consulted in both the for-profit and nonprofit healthcare sectors, advising clients on corporate market strategy, organizational development, and the reengineering of operational practices. Prior to her work with KIPP Adelante, Ms. Alandydy held advisory positions with Reach Out and Read/Rhode Island and the Providence Performing Arts High School Development Committee. Ms. Alandydy is a two-time graduate of Brown University, earning both an A.B. in English Literature and a Master of Arts in Teaching, and was the recipient of the graduate-school’s Rose Writing Fellowship. She is credentialed to teach English and Language Arts at the secondary level.

Ms. Dostal is an associate in Latham & Watkins downtown San Diego office.  Ms. Dostal has litigation experience in both business and environmental matters, including land use and toxic tort litigation for clients such as ChevronTexaco, Sempra Energy Resources, and Montrose Chemical Corporation.  Ms. Dostal has experience in supporting major tax transactions.  She has also assisted in the formation of non-profit organizations and obtained federal and state tax exemption status for clients such as the Danielle Van Dam Legacy Foundation.  Ms. Dostal assisted in the formation of a non-profit join venture formed to obtain bond financing for charter school facilities.  Ms. Dostal is a former California Franchise Tax Board Auditor and Protest Unit Hearing Officer.  She is also a member of the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association. Ms. Dostal's education includes a Bachelors degree from California State University, Stanislaus, and her J.D. degree from Yale Law School.