Karina Osti

Karina Osti concluded her Waldorf training in Rudolf Steiner College in California, having previously been a Montessori teacher in Florida. She taught the now graduated Birch Class from second to fifth grade at LOWS. During her time away from Live Oak, she briefly worked a corporate job, then returned to teaching at a local Waldorf […]

Rev Bowen

Rev Bowen holds an MA degree in Human Development from St. Mary’s University in St. Paul, MN and a Waldorf Teaching Certificate from Rudolf Steiner College. He has graduated three classes at Live Oak Waldorf School, been the Pedagogical Development Director and served one year as Administrator. Rev Bowen rejoined Live Oak in 2023 Contact […]

Sarah Dunbar

Sarah is in her third journey through the grades with Maple Class at Live Oak Waldorf School. She has a B.S. in Biology from Sonoma State University, and her Waldorf Teaching Certificate was completed at Rudolf Steiner College. Sarah’s national FFT fellowship in 2023 was dedicated to training as an expedition leader and Wilderness First […]

Meg Connell

Meg Connell is a Northern California native. Her teaching career began in 2007, when she taught English and Theater for Albuquerque Public Schools in New Mexico. She discovered Waldorf education when her sons were young. She is now in her 9th year as a Waldorf lead teacher and is full of gratitude to be part […]

Veronica Wetterstrom

Veronica Wetterstrom has been part of Live Oak Waldorf School since 2002 when her family moved to the foothills to enroll their children. Whether volunteering in the classroom or chaperoning on field trips, Veronica loved the variety of rich, hands-on experiences that she, as a parent, got to explore alongside her children. By 2010, Veronica […]

Karra Williams

Karra grew up in Southern California and moved northward in the 90s for college at San Jose State University where she received a degree in Anthropology and Comparative Religious Studies. Having moved from the Bay Area to the Sierra Foothills, she was drawn to Waldorf Education as a parent in 2014 when her oldest child […]

Koronado Apuzen

Koronado discovered Waldorf Education through his interest in Rudolf Steiner’s works on meditation, nature, agriculture, and social transformation. The desire to know the various fields of Anthroposophy led him to a harmonious focus on the evolving human being. He was inspired by the teachers from the Rudolf Steiner College, Waldorf Teacher Education Eugene, and the […]

Lynne Poirier

Lynne Poirier was born in Queens, New York and at age five, moved to Fullerton, California where the air smelled like orange blossoms throughout the spring. She grew up loving animals , bike riding, hiking, fishing, exploring anything that could be done out-of-doors.  Ms. Poirier began her college education on track to becoming a teacher […]