Mary Plant-Thomas (she/her)

Mary has called the Gateway BioLab her home away from home for over nine years and currently teaches tenth grade Biology and AP Biology. In addition to teaching, Mary has also served as a Faculty Representative to the Board, the Co-Chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee, has mentored a number of student teachers, and fostered partnerships with UCSF and BABEC. Mary earned her undergraduate degree from an unconventional combination of Wellesley College and UC San Diego. She then went on to get her Masters in Education from UC Santa Barbara's Teacher Education Program where she was able to participate in an international exchange that enabled her to observe another education system by student-teaching in Denmark! More recently, alongside two other Gateway colleagues, Mary was selected to participate in the two-year Hollyhock Fellowship at Stanford University. In addition to loving teaching and biology, Mary has a passion for theatre and can frequently be found rushing off to see plays all around the Bay Area.