MCA Director

MCA English 2, 3 and 4 Teacher 

Ms. Young has been a teacher at Newark Memorial since 2004.  This is her 13th year teaching English in MCA and 6th year as the MCA director. Ms. Young is a former journalism adviser for The Cougar Chronicle, which she taught for 10 years at NM. She was also an AVID teacher and coordinator.  Ms. Young has a degree in Mass Communication and English from UC Berkeley and SFSU and a masters in Instructional Design.  She can speak, read and write fluently in Chinese.  She used to work in a window display company prior to becoming a teacher.  She also ran her father's factory that manufactures doctor's lab coats and scrubs for 5 years.

MCA Media 11, 12 Teacher

Ms. Lee is an MCA Media teacher who co-teaches MCA Media Art Juniors and Seniors with Ms. Hernandez. She has been in MCA and NMHS for four years. Ms. Lee is an instructor at MVROP, teaching Music Production and Sound design. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Interactive Audio from SAE Ex’pression. During her pursuit to receive her BA in Interactive Audio, Ms. Lee took on various media jobs such as enrollment in the Youtube Partner Program, freelance Sound Design and Music Production projects, and an internship for media house The Burgundy Suite.  Her experiences helped her earn a Career Technical Education credential in Arts, Media and Entertainment

MCA Chemistry Teacher

Ms. Silva is an MCA Chemistry teacher and has been working at Newark Memorial for 5 years now. Although she works as a teacher, but she was also an alumni of NMHS 2012. She has a BA in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics from UC Santa Cruz. She also got her Masters in Educational technology and Single Subject Teaching Credential Chemistry from Cal State East Bay. Ms. Silva likes to read and do General Arts and Crafts for fun. Ms. Silva has also been promoted to be the chair of the Science Department.

MCA World History and Government/Economics Teacher And MCA U.S. History

Mr. Crosby, who is also the Social Science department chair, is MCA's World History, Government and Economics teacher. He is not only a NMHS teacher but is another alumni of NM. Mr. Crosby has taught high school students for 29 years and three years of those in MCA. He has an AA degree in Social Science from Ohlone College and a BA degree in History from Cal State Hayward (a.k.a. Cal State East Bay). He coached swimming and water polo for over 25 years. Mr. Crosby loves to spend time with his family and likes to work on his house for fun.