nce adult programs - Needham Public Schools

INSTRUCTOR BIOS
SAM LIGGERO holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and
has 32 years experience at Polaroid Corporation in
inventing, designing, developing, manufacturing and
launching novel imaging systems. He has taught
digital photography in several community education
programs in the area, and is also a practicing digital
photographer who has exhibited his work locally. Sam
is currently a Professor of the Practice at Tufts’ Gordon
Institute where he teaches New Product Development,
Technology Strategy and Innovation, and Management
of Innovation.
MARIA ELENA LYNCH is a veteran knitter who
learned the craft while growing up in Peru. She has
been teaching knitting privately for several years.
VALERY MARCANTONIO, a graduate of the St.
Louis Conservatory, is a tap/jazz dance teacher,
choreographer, and performer. She has taught in
various area neighborhood, college, and school
settings, including Newton Recreation Department,
Emerson College, Belmont Day School, and Studio Ten
Tap. Her professional credits include Marcantonio’s
Tap/Jazz Collective, Patrice Monahan ShufflinTime,
and Mystic Chorale/Tremont Temple-Boston.
NICOLE MASON has a BA in English from The
College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y. She taught
English in Acadia Middle School in Clifton Park, N.Y.,
and helped design an ELA exam preparation program
there before moving to Boston. She teaches English
at Needham High School, and has taught SAT Prep
classes for Needham Community Education since the
fall of 2008.
CESAR MORALES has a degree in Physical
Education from Cuba’s School for Physical Education
Teachers, and fenced foil in Cuba for 11 years. From
1997 to 2002, Cesar was assistant fencing coach at
Brandeis University and was named Coach of the Year
three years in a row. He now works with students
of all ages at his International Fencing Club in West
Roxbury. Go to www.internationalfencingclub.com for
more information about their programs.
KATIE BURKE MOYLAN has a BA in English from
Fairfield University in Connecticut, and will be starting
a MEd program this fall. She teaches English at
Needham High School, and has taught SAT Prep
classes for Needham Community Education since the
fall of 2006.
ZEHARA NACHASH is a New England area belly
dancer and Boston’s premier snake dancer. She
performs throughout the New England area, and
teaches belly dance classes, fire-eating lessons, and
snake dance workshops throughout the area. For
more information visit: www.zehara.com
JOANNE NEALE is the owner of Needhambased
Garden Mentor, a consulting service for the
homeowner, providing education (plant identification
and care information), garden design (from plant lists to
landscape plans), and personal plant shopping, all with
an emphasis on low maintenance and environmental
responsibility.
CAROL OBERLE is a Certified Yoga Instructor who
has been practicing yoga for more than 12 years.
She has been teaching yoga to adults in various local
settings for many years.
DANIEL PANERO BERTUCCI, a native of Spain,
received a master’s degree in English Philology and
Italian Studies from the Universidad Complutense de
Madrid in Madrid, Spain, as well as a BA in English
for Primary School Pedagogy from the Universidad
Cardenal Cisneros de Alcalá de Henares, also in
Madrid. Daniel has also studied art in Madrid, and
worked there as an art teacher for 5 years. He has
been teaching Spanish language and culture for
the past two years, first in St. Louis and presently at
Needham High School. When not teaching, Daniel
works as a freelance illustrator for publishers McGraw-
Hill and SM Ediciones.
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