Mrs. Tavis is the eyes and ears of the Wellness Center. She has roots with CVHS, as she is a Trojan Alumni. She is extremely inspired by these powerful little humans. Ms. Tavis builds rapport with every student that walks through the doors. No student goes unheard in this space. In her spare time, you can find her on the softball field coaching, hiking, and spending time with her daughters.  

Mr. Sam is our lead provider for Wellness Center clinical operations and is now in his second year at CVHS, and 13th year providing social work services. In addition to school social work, Sam has supported homeless TAY, foster youth, family case management, and substance use services. Once a formerly confused, awkward, and struggling High School student, Sam is passionate about showing up where the youth are, and supporting healing systems and programs that enhance school days and create well-rounded and empowered youth. Sam worked from 2017-2022 with SFUSD, supporting Middle Schools. In his spare time, you can find Sam socializing with close friends and chosen family, reading comic books, singing, and dancing to music.

Sophie (Ms. Lau) is a first generation immigrant from Canton, China. She arrived in the States when she was 9 years old and grew up in San Francisco. Being a product of SF public high schools herself, she decided to pursue a career in school social work while she was employed as a Paraprofessional for SFUSD.  However, she wanted to provide more than just the academic support to the students and families she was supporting. She invests in youth who have overcome tremendous odds (like herself, when she became a foster youth during high school) so that they can discover their own voice, grit, and resilience.  She is happy to be part of this Trojan community! In her spare time, you can find her playing with her 2 yr old Son, Liam who keeps her very VERY busy!  

Ms. Marian Meadows believes that working with children, youth and families is a privilege. She has worked in early childcare, before & after school, residential, summer camp, faith-based, mental health and school-based settings for 25+ years and has found it incredibly rewarding to be a part of peoples' desire to grow and heal. Her strengths include building partnerships, bringing new programming to scale and school reform for educational equity.  For the last 11 years, Marian has overseen K-12 Behavioral Health Services in Castro Valley Unified and led the team that launched the CVHS Wellness Center in November 2017. Marian's current focus in CVUSD is leading the incredible team of staff, providers and partners who serve the CVHS community with Behavioral Health & Wellness Services. In her free time,  Ms. Meadows enjoys making music with her two teenage daughters (a bassoonist and saxophonist, respectively) and is a recently ordained Interfaith Chaplain.

My great passion is bringing healing to students and families who find themselves in situations that feel difficult to overcome. I engage students at the secondary level, grades 6th through 12th, through school based counseling and educationally related mental health services so they can reach their goals and more importantly so they can know themselves as peaceful, complete, whole and safe. My main focus is working with students in our district’s special education programs and, in partnership with each site’s wellness centers, working with students in general education who drop in for a range of services related to being a young person navigating the complexities of their social identities and academic ability. 

Our Master's Level graduate students provide clinical services to our students through individual counseling, group counseling, parent collaboration, case management, and resource building. Through weekly supervision, they learn essential skills and best practices adherent with the NASW Code of Ethics and school-based best practices. You can find them on-campus supporting students and families Tuesdays-Fridays.