Our Board Members
Welcome to our community. Here at Access San Francisco, we are a diverse group of educators and families committed to supporting young adults with disabilities.
By providing these young adults, who are transitioning into adulthood, with independent living skills and job opportunities we aim to create a more inclusive and supportive environment for all.
Heidi Seretan
Heidi is the founder and CEO of Access San Francisco. She is also the founder of AccessSFUSD: The Arc, established in 2012, where she has been dedicated to supporting student success and community engagement.
Radka Pulliam
Radka is an artist and special education teacher. Born and raised in the Czech Republic, she joined the Arc in 2014, blending creativity with education and diving into art, philosophy and meditation.
Ronan Dunlop
Ronan is a parent volunteer who is in awe of everyone at Access. He's also a marketing exec that enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, hiking and going to the archery range.
Peter Kanter
Peter is an attorney living and working in San Francisco. When he’s not at his desk or in court, he can often be found hiking the trails in and out of the City, and taking public transit with his son Julian in as many cities around the world as they can.
Our Fabulous Team
AccessSFUSD: The Arc couldn't function without the expertise, love
and tireless dedication of it's amazing team of paraeducators.
Bianca Hintermann
A paraeducator extraordinaire, she loves all the fun places and experiences she gets to take her students to. Her favorite part of working at Access is seeing all our students grow and advocate for themselves.
Cesilia Martin
Friendly, compassionate and very energetic, she has worked 25 years helping individuals with disabilities.
Josh Rosen
Josh has been at AccessSFUSD: The Arc since its previous program at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in 2011. He also teaches at the Pomeroy Center.
Katia Hise
Katia loves connecting with students through learning about their interests. She's currently working on her MA in Special Education with the goal of becoming a special education teacher.
Linden Cady
Linden loves teaching BollyX and dance as well as coaching at Cal Academy and Grocery Outlet, camping in the Presidio, making music videos and choreographing student performances.
Luis Medina
Luis loves getting the students out in the community to learn new things and enabling them to be more self-sufficient. He's an expert at student job readiness.
Mira Collamore
Mira started as a paraeducator substitute and is now a full time employee. She's passionate about sharing her love of her city by the bay with her students.
Sandy Juarez
With 20 years experience as a paraeducator she enjoys going places with students in the community, watching them troubleshoot their challenges and work towards their goals.
Spiraleena Mason
With an arts, nature and homeschool background, Spiraleena approaches education through the lens of nature awareness, compassionate connection and creative expression.