Little Green Dragons
For children 3.5 to 4.5 years of age.
The Little “Green” Dragons classroom is painted a luscious lime which represents nature, health, and our eco-system. It creates a calm and relaxed learning atmosphere. Green can also filter negativity, which puts students and teachers at ease and into a positive state of mind.
The color green promotes a sense of peace, harmony, renewal, youth and generosity.
Ms. Dawn
Teacher
Little Green Dragons
Ms. Betty
Teacher
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Ms. Doris
Teacher
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Ms. Dawn was born and raised in Lampang, Thailand. She moved to the United States with her mother and younger brother after she turned 15 years old. Ms. Dawn graduated from New Open World Academy High School in Koreatown, Los Angeles and earned a bachelor’s degree in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education from Utah State University.
With a big family, Ms. Dawn grew up with many cousins, nieces and nephews, which nurtured her love for working with children starting from a young age. Caring for her relatives has made Ms. Dawn passionate about childcare and inspired her to pursue a career in education. She chose to major in Speech Language Pathology, in hopes to help improve speech impairments in children, especially in their early years of development.
In her free time, Ms. Dawn enjoys trying foods from different cultures, singing, knitting, going to the gym, and caring for her adopted Pomeranian dog, her fur baby Yoshi.
Ms. Betty was born and raised in Los Angeles California. Not long after graduating from her high school, when she began working for various preschools in Los Angeles. Most of her early years in preschool education was as a teaching assistant, where she was inspired to pursue her associate’s degree in teaching at the UCLA Extension program.
Ms Betty has also worked for a Spanish Immersion Center, where she helped preschool students expand their fluency in Spanish. Ms Betty is very passionate about early childhood education, especially having the opportunity to helping young children reach their full potential and creating community with parents and students in the classrooms.
Outside of work, Ms. Betty enjoys horseback riding, grabbing frozen yogurt and catching live concerts.
Ms. Doris is born in raised in Los Angeles CA and a Virgil Village/Silver Lake neighborhood native. She considers herself a huge LA dodger fan and certified beach fanatic. She is the youngest out of four siblings and a dog mom to fur baby Charlie.
When Ms. Doris is not working, she takes Charlie on a ride through the Pacific Coast Highway and spends the day at the beach with an iced coffee at hand. Ms Doris is a local alumni to Thomas Starr King Middle school as well as Marshall High School.
Ms. Doris is currently wrapping up her degree from Cal State LA and plans to graduate next fall semester with a concentration in Child Development, which is a field she’s been in for 5 years. The passion and love for children began when she was working at LACC’s child development center. She worked with many families in a diverse community and feels extremely grateful for the fellow educators who guided her in the journey of child development.
Ms. Doris believes children develop and learn from hands-on experiences and meaningful interactions. She practices strategies that facilitate confidence, foster independence, and guide them into a positive self-mindset.