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Where We Serve: Oakland

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Life in the City

The Fruitvale neighborhood is full of fun shops and restaurants, including some of the best taquerias in the city. ACErs also enjoy their close proximity to San Francisco and Sacramento (home of another ACE community).

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Oakland

In Oakland, ACErs are working daily to build relationships with the residents of the Fruitvale neighborhood, which they and their students call home. This relatively new site, established in 2011, is in response to the needs of the neighborhood's Latino families, who comprise the fastest growing population of the American Catholic Church.

  • Austin Reaker
  • Kara Gasparrini
  • Anna Bourbonnais
  • Salvatore DiBrita
  • Elena Silla
  • Patrick Ban

  • Austin Reaker  | 24

    High School Science Teacher at Moreau Catholic

    B.S. Neuroscience, Saint Louis University

    Originally from Cincinnati, OH

  • Kara Gasparrini  | ACE 24

    B.S. in Neuroscience , University of Notre Dame

    Originally from Ridgefield, CT

  • Anna Bourbonnais  | ACE 24

    B.A. in English and Visual Communications Design, Notre Dame

    Originally from Atlanta, GA

  • Salvatore DiBrita  | ACE 24

    BA in English and Secondary Education, The College of New Jersey

    Originally from Rutherford, NJ

  • Elena Silla  | ACE 24

    Psychology with minors in Education, Schooling, and Society and Business Economics , Notre Dame

    Originally from Newtown, PA

  • Patrick Ban  | ACE 24

    B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame

    Originally from Columbus, OH

  • Austin Reaker
  • Kara Gasparrini
  • Anna Bourbonnais
  • Salvatore DiBrita
  • Elena Silla
  • Patrick Ban


Schools We Serve

ACE teachers serve at the following schools:

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