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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.

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

  • Patrick Ban  | ACE 24

    Math Teacher at Saint Joseph Notre Dame HS

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

    Originally from Columbus, OH

  • Austin Reaker  | ACE 24

    Science Teacher at Moreau Catholic

    B.S. Neuroscience, St. Louis University

    Originally from Cincinnati, OH

  • Kara Gasparrini  | ACE 24

    Science Teacher at Saint Joseph Notre Dame HS

    B.S. in Neuroscience , University of Notre Dame

    Originally from Ridgefield, CT

  • Elena Silla  | ACE 24

    4th Grade Teacher at St. Cornelius

    B.A. in Psychology with minors in Education, Schooling, and Society and Business Economics, University of Notre Dame

    Originally from Newtown, PA

  • Sal DiBrita  | ACE 24

    5th Grade Teacher at St. Elizabeth

    English and Secondary Education, The College of New Jersey

    Originally from Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Anna Bourbonnais  | ACE 24

    Language Arts Teacher at Holy Name High School

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

    Originally from Atlanta, GA

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


Schools We Serve

ACE teachers serve at the following schools:

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