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Healthy Cooking with Nerissa W.

Palo Alto, California

Teaches online
Teaches Beginner, Intermediate
Age: 7+
Speaks Mandarin Chinese, Spanish
Teaching since 1996
Masters in Education, California Teaching Credential

    About Nerissa W.

    Hello! I'm a woman of many interests and talents. I have taught many things in my life: middle school English and Social Studies, Mandarin Music classes for preschoolers, Zumba, Hula (Hawaiian) Dance, Vegetarian and Asian cooking. I'm an avid home gardener and dancer of many styles, from flamenco to ballroom to bachata.

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    Aztec Way Palo Alto
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    Teaching Hours

    Monday
    10 AM-2:30 PM
    Tuesday
    10 AM-2:30 PM
    Wednesday
    10 AM-1 PM
    Friday
    10 AM-2:30 PM
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    Pricing
    30 minutes
    $35
    45 minutes
    $40
    60 minutes
    $45
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    Experience

    Middle School English and Social Studies Teacher

    Aug, 1996 - Jun, 1998

    Whisman School District, Crittenden Middle School

    Group Exercise Instructor (Zumba, Hawaiian Dance)

    Aug, 2008 - Jun, 2012

    YMCA of the Silicon Valley

    Taught beginning hula dance (Hawaiian dance) and Zumba (latin dance exercise class) at the Palo Alto Family YMCA.

    Mandarin Music Teacher

    Jan, 2004 - Jun, 2007

    Music Around The World

    Taught songs and rhymes in Mandarin Chinese to preschoolers

    Education

    BA

    Sep, 1991 - Jun, 1995

    Stanford University

    Masters in Education, California Teaching Credential

    Jun, 1995 - Jun, 1996

    Stanford University STEP Program

    Certifications

    California Teaching Credential

    Jun, 1996

    Calfiornia Commission on Teacher Credentialing

    English and Social Studies, secondary level

    Spanish Level B2 (Advanced)

    Jun, 2015

    Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, Barcelona, España

    I studied Spanish at the Official Language School in Barcelona, Spain, during the three years I lived there.

    Affiliations

    Phi Beta Kappa

    Jun, 1995

    The Phi Beta Kappa Society celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities. The Society sponsors activities to advance these studies — the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences — in higher education and in society at large.

    Languages

    Spanish

    Professional Proficiency

    Mandarin Chinese

    Professional Proficiency

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