Leadership Team Feature: Rebecca Klouwers

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After working with Rebecca for over a year, we’re so pleased to welcome her to the team officially as our wonderful new Outreach Director. With a passion for building relationships with our community and a keen eye for being detail-oriented, she truly fits right in!

Hailing from NYC with a background in theatre, her Off-Broadway credits include Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid (listen to a bit of her incredibly lovely singing voice here!). At home, she and her husband share their rescue pup, Harvey, and have a knack for creating restaurant quality meals out of their own kitchen.

Rebecca also loves to travel--read below for one of her favorite travel memories to date:

“One of my favorite memories was my first vacation with my (now) husband to Greece. We were on the island of Rhodes and rented an ATV so that we could explore places that were not touristy. We were trying to find a place for dinner and stumbled into this little town that somehow never got tourists. There was one loosely defined “restaurant” in the town and we decided to take a chance and asked if we could eat there. They served us a five-course feast! The only person that spoke any English was a teenage boy who translated everything and was so excited to talk with us. It was pretty magical and a really cool experience!”

 
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At PacPrep, you can find Rebecca running the show every week, meeting with a variety of educational therapists, consultants, and other professionals, as well as parents. She also organizes and hosts all of our great webinars, open houses, runs our blog, and more!

To connect with Rebecca directly, feel free to reach out to her at rebecca@pacificpreparatory.com.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Mel Nichols
Mel Nichols

Chief Operating Officer
Mel is a seasoned educator with a passion for one-on-one instruction. As the Chief Operating Officer since 2015, Mel has overseen the work of the leadership team and managed the organization with great success. Her expertise in 1:1 education comes from her Bachelor of Arts in Secondary English Education from Western Michigan University, her Single Subject Teaching Credential in English Language Arts, and her minor in political science. Before joining the Pacific Prep team, Mel taught middle school in Sacramento through the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) in San Francisco, and served as an Instructional Coach through Breakthrough Collaborative’s summer programming at San Francisco University High School where she mentored aspiring teachers. Mel's passion for 1:1 education extends beyond her professional work. She is currently embarking on a journey into home education with her five-year-old daughter. Mel's other interests include spending time with her family, reading, traveling, taking in all forms of art, and dabbling in real estate investing.

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