Faculty
Leadership
Dr. James Lin, M.D.
Principal
Biology & Medicine
Holds a B.S. in Biology from UC Berkeley and an M.D. from Wisconsin Medical School.
Dr. Janet Jiang, PhD
Vice Principal
Mr. RJ Yang
Dean of Academics
Economics
Former quant analyst at Bridgewater Associates with degrees from Dartmouth and UChicago Booth; past students have reached national teams in WGIC, NEC, and the International Economics Olympiad.
Teaching faculty
Min Cai
Teacher
Physics
Yuwen Chen
Teacher
Mathematics
Casey Cripps
Teacher
English
Dr. Graciel Diamante
Teacher
Biology
Mehran Esfandiari
Teacher
English
Dr. John Evans
Teacher
Physics
PhD in Physics from UCLA; research associate at UCLA for 15 years; has taught math, physics, and astronomy since 1988 and has been at PSA for more than a decade.
Rebecca Flowers
Teacher
English
Claudia Gomez-Molina
Teacher
Spanish
Andy Hou
Teacher
Computer Science
Matt Hutson
Teacher
English
Dr. Afshan Latif
Teacher
Biology
Dr. James Lin
Teacher
Biology & Medicine
Alina Masotti
Teacher
History
Mr. Tam Nguyen
Teacher
Mathematics
Holds a Master of Science in Mathematics from Cal State Long Beach; taught mathematics across colleges in Southern California; at PSA since 2022.
Ms. Sabrina Rentschler
Teacher
Biology
Graduated Magna Cum Laude from UC Berkeley in 2019 with a background in English and Biology; with Prestige since 2021, teaching the biology track and high school humanities.
Diane Roan
Teacher
French
Clay Sauls
Teacher
Language Arts
Elizabeth Schall
Teacher
French
Dr. Alireza Sharifi
Teacher
Physics
Ms. Nilsa Smith
Teacher
Chemistry
Holds a Master's in Education specializing in Chemistry education from the American College of Education; extensive STEM teaching experience; at PSA since 2020 teaching Chemistry and Math.
Glen Vanderploeg
Teacher
English
Martha Vasquez
Teacher
English
RJ Yang
Teacher
Economics
Dr. Eric Yang
Teacher
Mathematics
Ralph Zhang
Teacher
Mathematics
Ms. Ana Cervantes
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Candy Clough
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Rosa Coburn
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Shannon Gilkey
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Helena Gray
Emeritus Teacher
Mr. Ben Hartwell
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Veronica Hinman
Emeritus Teacher
Mr. John Johnson
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Kimberly Kerr
Emeritus Teacher
Mr. Abe Kim
Emeritus Teacher
Mr. Andrew Leung
Emeritus Teacher
Mr. Ryan Lin
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Emilia Mazzola
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Raelyn Morales
Emeritus Teacher
Dr. Georgia Pan
Emeritus Teacher
Mr. David Park
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Jennifer Park
Emeritus Teacher
Mr. John Taylor
Emeritus Teacher
Mr. Ron Tran
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Ning Zhang
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Teresa Zhang
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Michelle Cheng
Emeritus Teacher
Ms. Jennifer Hsu
Emeritus Teacher