VPA Staff

STACEY REED: VPA Lead · Dance Teacher · 8 years at TKA
Mrs. Reed teaches all levels of Junior High and High School Dance. She is a TKA alumna who then received her B.A. in Dance from San Jose State University. Mrs. Reed has been teaching dance for 12 years within public dance studios and elementary schools. She feels blessed and overjoyed to be continuing for another year!

CLAUDIA SANBORN: Art Teacher · 2nd year at TKA
Ms. Sanborn holds a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from San Jose State University. She is excited to be part of a growing community with shared values and to work together to educate and encourage the next generation. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking and making pigments from the rocks she collects. Ms. Sanborn especially loves playing with color.

NOAH SANBORN: Digital Art Teacher · 3 years at TKA
Mr. Sanborn has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from San Jose State University. His favorite thing about coming to TKA is being able to share his knowledge with the students and to help them grow. In his free time, Mr. Sanborn enjoys watching movies. Recently, he fell in love with building and painting plastic models of robots as well as making and texturing digital models for video games.

JULIE SOMERS: VPA Specialist · 4 years at TKA
Mrs. Somers earned a B.S. from San Diego Christian College and majored in Counseling Psychology. As a former Administrative Assistant, Julie comes to TKA with 15 years experience in working with Christian Schools. Her former Administrator asked her to create and execute an Orchestra program within the school curriculum.  It has been a successful program that gets instruments into the hands of hundreds of students. She loves photography and has a respect for theatre and music. As a former General Manager of a large restaurant, her abilities to see the big picture and troubleshoot on the fly will aid her as she assists the VPA program.

MARIEL TUIJT: Vocal Music Teacher · 5 years at TKA
Mrs. Tuijt comes to TKA with more than twenty-five years of experience. She holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Comparative Literature. She sang major operatic roles throughout the U.S. and Europe while developing her skills as a voice teacher and choral director. Mrs.Tuijt has taught diction for singers, voice, opera scenes, and French at several universities and endlessly volunteered in elementary schools teaching kids about classical music. She is fluent in I.P.A (International Phonetic Alphabet) and speaks 7 languages.