Yamini Bala joins the Yu Ming team with over 15 years of experience in education. Prior to Yu Ming, she spent 7 years at Voices Academies, a Spanish-English dual immersion charter network based in the South Bay Area. There she served as an Instructional Coach, Curriculum Specialist, and most recently, as the Instructional Coach Manager, where she designed and implemented systems for training coaches. On weekends, she runs a Math and Coding/Robotics program for 3-8th graders. Before that, Yamini worked as the Administrative Director for a group of 3 Montessori Preschools, and taught Integrated Science at an alternative high school in her hometown, Chicago. Yamini has her BA in Environmental Science from Pomona College, a MA from Future Generations University in Conservation and Community Development, and an MSEd from Northwestern University in Secondary Education. She has traveled to all 7 continents and speaks 4 languages. Yamini is excited to join the Yu Ming team, and hopes to start learning Mandarin this year!