Vivian was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She graduated in 2015 from the University of California, Davis, with her Bachelor’s in Psychology (BS) and Communication (BA). She has a pair of Chinese parents, and speaks a blend of English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Taishanese, and conversational Italian. In 2014, while studying Italian in Reggio Emilia, Vivian stumbled across the region’s famous educational philosophy. Fascinated by its play-based approach to learning, she is excited to learn more about its principles and watch them take flight here at La Scuola. Vivian has four years’ experience working with children as a volunteer teacher’s assistant at Commodore Stockton, a preschool and day care center in which she had spent her own toddler days. Today, she is very happy and fortunate to learn and evolve with the big and little people of La Scuola. Vivian especially loves playing sports and games with the kids and seeing their wildest ideas come alive. She also really likes mysteries, cryptograms, calligraphy, and pigs, which she unfortunately does not own. Yet.

Lizette Greco is a bilingual educator from Chile who has lived and worked in the United States since 1992. She and her family have recently moved to San Francisco from San Diego and are very excited about their new home town. Lizette has eighteen years of experience teaching in public and private schools, museums, nonprofits, and has a Master of Arts in Teaching from Occidental College. She has been a bilingual elementary substitute teacher for the San Diego Unified School District in Southern California, and the Alt Schools here in San Francisco. She has also taught middle and high school Spanish, Art, and Wellness for Fusion Academy, designing personalized lessons for students, some of which had learning differences such as ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and anxiety. She is happy to join La Scuola to teach Spanish and help as a substitute teacher whenever support is needed. Her new goal is to learn Italian since some of her own ancestry and her husband's come from Italy as well!

Lizette is also an artist who makes collaborative work with her family, specializing in fiber sculpture, textile art, conceptual art, social practice art, and costume design. She is a prototype maker, recycled materials tinkerer, and life-long learner. Lizette was a homeschooling parent (inspired by reading John Dewey, John Holt, about Reggio Emilia, etc.), an experience that taught her a more organic learning approach enriches her teaching practice, giving children time, support and love to grow, play and explore. It’s important for Lizette to help children connect to their surroundings and the people around them, providing the tools to do so, so they can find their own answers. 

Kachine grew up splitting her time between Stuttgart, Germany and Berkeley. She is a student in the child development program at San Francisco State University, and will be graduating this Spring. When she isn't studying or trying to learn Italian, Kachine enjoys skiing and reading historical fiction books.