Allie Curry

• (925) 686-5353 x184
• acurry@carondeleths.org

After nine years of experience teaching and advising in San Francisco and Los Angeles independent schools, I’m excited to be supporting faith-based girls education at Carondelet!

Following a brief stint in New York media, I started my career in education as a high school Humanities teacher. Over time, I discovered that students with learning differences and disabilities offer us insight into how all students learn and grew to develop an interest in the education, coaching, and support of these students.

Since 2024, I’ve taken professional development classes in the Educational Therapy certificate program at the University of California, Santa Cruz - Silicon Valley Extension. I hold an M.A. in Teaching Secondary English from Brown University and a B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia College, Columbia University.

Outside of school, I love to travel and participate in multiple Bay Area meditation groups as I pursue lay training in Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village tradition. You might also catch me at a movie theater or on a hiking trail.

There’s always more to learn about the scientific and social understanding of neurodiversity. Some of my favorite titles include Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by fellow Buddhist Steve Silberman (2016), The Last Samurai by Helen Dewitt (2001), Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon (2012) and the American Public Media podcast series Sold A Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong (2022–Present).