Staff

Brandy is a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Elementary Education and minor in Chinese. She also has a Master's degree in Early Childhood Education and Reading Education. She is a Texas certified teacher with an ESL and Reading License.  In 2013, she was awarded Teacher of the Year for Fern Bluff Elementary in RRISD.  Brandy has taught Mandarin Chinese in Houston and in Austin for over 12 years and has been teaching CSL classrooms since 2007.

Graduating from University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Dance, Crystal has always had a passion to teach. She has experience with students ranging from 1-13 years in age. This is Crystal's sixth year to teach our CSLK class at the Lily Pad.  Crystal was named 2013 Teacher of the Year at Pflugerville Elementary in PISD.  She currently also teaches first grade there

Julie is a native Taiwan speaker from Taiwan.  She is a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in mathematics.  She has had experience teaching middle school and high school students.  Julie has been working with CSL students for 6 years.

Wang Zhen is a native Chinese speaker from Shanghai, China. She graduated from Shanghai Normal University (上海師範大學) majoring in Primary Education, and receiving a teaching certificate in Secondary Education. She also has a Master's Degree in Online Instructional Design focusing on K-12 Education from Plymouth State University. Before coming to the Lily Pad School, she taught at a public middle school and Shanghai American School in Shanghai. She has been teaching for over 15 years.

Winnie is a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Elementary Education. She has had numerous interactions with a variety of students ranging from Pre-K to college age. Winnie also has had experiences teaching English to students in Mexico and Taiwan, and attended Chinese school from 1st to 12th grade. This is her sixth year to teach the CSL -2 class and currently teaches first grade in Pflugerville ISD.

Xiao Ying is a native Chinese speaker with M.A. degree in Applied Linguistics and B.A. degree in English Education. Before moving to America, she worked four years as a lecturer at College of Humanities and Sciences, Northeast Normal University (東北師範大學) in Changchun(長春), China. She used to be a Mandarin teacher at Ithaca Chinese School (Ithaca, NY.) before she came to the Lily Pad School in 2014. Xiao Ying loves to work with CSL students.

Donald received his Masters degree in Management from the University of Texas, Austin, and previously at the University of Florida as an undergraduate with degrees in Electrical Engineer and Computer Engineer.  Throughout his career as an engineer at AMD, he has taken expat assignments in China and Taiwan, and currently manages teams in the US.  He has created and helped develop start-up companies across the US with success. Donald continues to support the staff on developing and bringing technology to all students and parents.