Michelle Mannik Kostanian –School Coordinator, 6th-8th Science & 8th Social Studies.

Ms. Kostanian serves as the 6^th-8^th grade Science teacher and also serves as the School Coordinator.  She received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology from San Francisco State University. She began teaching at KZV in 1998, after having taught for three years previously.  Her teaching philosophy is based on one of her favorite quotes by Joseph Campbell: "Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be."  When speaking of the school, she says, “It is a great pleasure to have had my children attend K.Z.V. and now to have my grandchild in pre-school at KZV.