Meet Our Instructors
Our team of professional teachers guide students every step of the way.
Sharon Brown
Subjects: Science
Sharon graduated from Lincoln University with a BA in Chemistry and Penn State with her PhD in Pharmacology. Sharon chose to join the LCP team because she wanted to share her passion for biology with students at a school that is dedicated to helping its students…
Josh Chan
Subjects: Psychology
Josh holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Santa Cruz and an MBA in Marketing from Santa Clara University. He is very passionate about teaching and has been an instructor at Legend for 13 years. Josh chose to teach classes at Legend because…
Laurence Dang
Subjects: Math, Science, Computer Science
Laurence is the jack of all trades when it comes to education. She has been teaching a variety of subjects at Legend for 8 years and is the Department Chair of Sciences and Mathematics. Laurence graduated from Santa Clara University with both…
Reiko Dickson
Subjects: Math, Japanese
Reiko has been teaching courses at Legend for 17 years. She earned her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Education at Kyoto University of Education. Reiko likes to keep her teaching style very straightforward by incorporating internet sources in her lectures to…
Sangeetha Muruganantham
Subjects: Math, Computer Science
Vinnie Lopez
Subjects: English
Vinnie earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English at San Jose State University with a concentration in Creative Writing and also earned a Master of Fine Arts. He has a strong passion for English and has been teaching a variety of courses, such as AP Literature, AP Seminar, Research Writing, and Response Writing at Legend for 2 years. Vinnie loves combining…
Ryan Marquette
Subjects: Math and Science
Rinifa Solomon
Subjects: Math, Science, Computer Science
Rinifa graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Trichy, India. She chose to teach because she had a genuine enthusiasm and passion for teaching. Rinifa is particularly adept at the creation of a stimulating learning environment for students. She has been teaching at LCP for more than 2 years and believes…
Marvin McCrary
Subjects: History, Social Sciences
Marvin has an AA in Liberal Arts and Social Sciences from Cal State East Bay and a BA in History Education from San Jose State University. He has been with Legend for 1 year and chose to teach at Legend because he really liked how the school is centered around student learning. While Marvin enjoys a lecture-style approach…
John Yuan
Subjects: Math, Science, Chinese
John has always had a passion for teaching. He received his BS degree in Physics and Computer Science from the University of Michigan and his PhD from Brigham Young University. John likes to ask questions relating to the subject he is teaching to provoke his students to think about how it applies to their daily lives. He is…
Doris Zhu
Subjects: Chinese
Doris has 8 years of Chinese teaching experience and started teaching at LCP last year. She earned both her Bachelor of Arts from Heilongjiang University and her Masters of Arts from San Francisco State University in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. She also has…
Alejandro Cisneros
Subjects: Spanish
Alejandro received his Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Psychology from the University of New Mexico. He also holds two Master’s degrees in Linguistics and Education. Even though Alejandro has only been with LCP for just 3 months, he has been enjoying his time sharing his love of the Spanish language with his students. He stated, “I like teaching the language…