Quanina Quan is a chemistry teacher at San Leandro High School. She graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and a Master of Education in Secondary Education. While in attendance, Quanina worked as a biochemical researcher and a curriculum writer for a non-profit organization, ScienceBridge, that provided Title I schools with access to science lab materials and curriculum. She found a passion for teaching through curriculum writing has been teaching science at the secondary level for the past 6 years. When she is not teaching science, you will find her on outdoor excursions with her dog, gardening, cooking or traveling.