Dorothy Tao 陶如矜

Dorothy is an ABC (American Born Chinese) who was born and raised in the Bay Area. She was initially resentful, but ultimately grateful that her parents forced her to speak Chinese at home since childhood through nearly tyrannical means. Dorothy graduated from UC Davis with a double major in English and Economics and a minor in Chinese, and earned her MA from University of the Pacific. She joined PKS in 2017. In the classroom, Dorothy has genuinely connected with her students as a second language learner, and as someone who aspires to be truly bicultural. Outside of the classroom, Dorothy can be found either in a climbing gym or out at the crag, while being paradoxically terrified of heights.