Molly Hill has 30 years of teaching experience, teaching all grades K-5. She was a Lower School Director for five years and held many other leadership roles during her 27 years at Sonoma Country Day School (SCDS) in Santa Rosa. She spent her last three full-time teaching years at the Spring Hill School in Petaluma where she brought her expertise and her enthusiasm for integrated, interdisciplinary, and collaborative teaching and learning. She initiated this model at SCDS to great success in both 1st and 3rd grades with her colleague Melissa Kang. Molly studied English at Mills College with an emphasis in creative writing; she loves that reading and writing has come full circle for her by teaching students how to read and write. Molly has also taken countless art classes and loves to introduce new art projects, artists, and media to students. Molly is a life-long learner and brings curiosity and creativity to whatever she does. Outside of teaching, Molly likes to be outside - at the beach, on the trail, walking about the neighborhoods in Petaluma…or elsewhere in the world! Of course, she loves reading too, and brings that passion to life at Wild Book Company, the seasonal bookstore she owns in Newfane, Vermont. 

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Melissa Kang brings 12 years of teaching experience working with students in grades 1 through 8, as well as a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction, to SOCO PULSE. Her early years at Da Vinci Connect, a pioneering project-based learning school in Southern California, instilled in her a deep commitment to hands-on, inquiry-driven education and ignited her desire to support homeschooling families. After moving to Sonoma County, Melissa taught alongside Molly in first and third grade at Sonoma Country Day School (SCDS) and at Spring Hill School. At SCDS she became passionate about collaborating with colleagues and community members to bring her units of study to life. Melissa’s love of the natural world has since led her to a new path as an ISA certified arborist, because for her, learning never stops. She approaches teaching and learning the same way she approaches everything: with curiosity, whether that's experimenting in her garden, rebuilding the chicken coop, or learning piano alongside her children.