Contact Information
| New Students: | (707) 207-4479 |
| Current Families: | (707) 864-1800 |
| Fax: | (707) 864-1889 |
| Monday: | 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Tuesday: | 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM |
| Wednesday: | 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Thursday: | 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM |
| Friday: | 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM |
| Saturday: | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
| Sunday: | Closed |
Meet the Tutors
Our Sylvan trained and certified tutors are dedicated to your child’s success. Working together with you, we will:
- Pinpoint your child’s learning needs using the Sylvan Skills Assessment®
- Develop a personalized learning plan based on your child’s goals
- Offer unique insights about what will work for your child
- Teach each lesson the way your child learns best
- Build a relationship with your child to provide learning that’s fun, engaging and rewarding
Liz Howe
Center Director
Liz Howe is a veteran Sylvan Director. Originally from New York, Liz was a Sylvan Director for eight years in Georgia. She has a Master's of Counseling, speaks Spanish and has two beautiful young children. We are very happy to have Liz leading our team!
Cindy Schubert
Director of Education
Cindy has a degree in Elementary Education from Biola University. She spent years homeschooling her own students to great success. She is an experienced elementary, middle and high school teacher and we are extremely lucky to have Cindy work with our Sylvan students.
Lilly Baca
Administrative Assistant
Lilly Baca joined Sylvan in November 2003. She retired from public schools after twenty-six years. Lilly holds a Master's Degree in Counseling and a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education. She supports the Center in both the education and business side of daily operations. Lilly is the main contact for parents needing information about scheduling and conferences. She is our warm and friendly greeter in the lobby area.
Nancy Zawadski
Executive Director
Nancy works effortlessly to support the managerial staff of seven centers. She has worked for Sylvan for ten years. Prior to Sylvan she had a catering company and taught K-8. She gets up a 6 a.m. to take long walks in the Berkeley hills with Dave, her husband of 42 years.
Barbara C Sabbadini
Director of Contract and SES services
Barbara joined Sylvan in June of 2005 as the Center Director of the Lafayette Sylvan Center and then served as the Center Director for Fairfield until 2010. She received her Teaching Credential and Master's Degree in Education at the University of San Francisco. Prior to devoting her energies to Sylvan, she assistant directed a preschool in Marin and taught middle school for five years in San Francisco and Oakland.
Pio Buenaventura
Math Teacher Extraordinaire
Pio has been with the Fairfield Sylvan center since it opened. He graduated from Armijo High School and UC Davis with a degree in Mathematics. He currently teaches for St. Catharine's school and at Sylvan.
Suzy Philip
Program Manager/ Teacher
Suzy Philip has been with Sylvan since 2001. She holds a Bachelor's degree in English and Spanish and has a secondary education teaching credential. Suzy works very hard to support our staff and does a fantastic job of managing our student programs as well as teaching beginning reading.
Jill Scicluna
Beginning and Academic Reading Teacher
Jill went to Chico State University where she studied elementary education, speech and drama. She currently teaches at a local Fairfield elementary school and works with a great deal of our beginning reading students.
Hazel Foster
Reading and Math Teacher
Hazel went to the University of Washington where she studied Liberal Arts and Communications. She received an M.S. in teacher education from Cal State Eastbay. She also received a degree in Special Education and Education Management in a doctoral program. She loves to travel and read and is passionate about teaching students and seeing the lightbulb go on in their heads.
Kathryn Patterson
Reading and SAT instructor
Kathryn studied education and graduated with a degree from Baldwin-Wallace College. She was born in Minnesota and loves swimming, aerobics, hiking, reading and the Peace Jam. She is passionate about teaching our children and doing it well.
Maricel Dela Cruz
Math and Reading Instructor
Maricel graduated from U.C. Berkeley where she studied Integrative Biology. She loves to learn, play volleyball and spend time with family and friends. She is passionate about education, health and her Sylvan students and is currently working toward becoming a doctor.
Carlo Castro
Math, Chemistry and Biology Teacher
Carlo is one of our newest upper level math instructors. Carlo is pre-med currently and works with our students in need of math and science support. His favorite color is green. He enjoys tennis, plays drums and trombone in a marching band - and always roots for Cal!
Franklin Gough
Upper and Lower level math teacher
Franklin is a graduate of St. Pat's in Vallejo and received his degree at UC Riverside. He works with our upper and lower level math students in a very thorough and caring manner. He loves Mexican food and prime rib, likes Hip Hop and R & B and roots for the Warriers.
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