Welcome! I am Mrs. Amaya and this is my 12th year in public education. I have been in the LEAD Academy at Antioch High School for 7 years. I am orignally from San Francisco and Fairfield, CA. I got my bachelors degree in Mathematics with a minor in Education from UC Santa Cruz. I returned to UCSC for grad school to earn my Masters in Education along with my teaching credential for Mathematics. My first teaching job was teaching Pre-Algebra and Geometry at Black Diamond Middle School. I love being a teacher and enjoy coming to work each day.  Thank you for stopping by.