Camp Perigee

Camp Director, Jahbi Gaskin, M.A.Ed is the Lead Teacher at The Perigee Collective, a cooperative, inquiry-based, learning community inspired by children. At The Perigee, she has loved supporting children and families from all over the world. Jahbi holds a Master of Arts in Education and a CA Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential.  She graduated from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (International Diplomacy) in Washington, DC where she received a Bachelor of Science in Culture & Politics and a Minor in Women's Studies and Spanish.

Her teaching career began 13 years ago in the South Bronx and later in East Oakland as the Lead Teacher in Spanish, bilingual classrooms. She enjoys combining her love for innovative approaches to learning, worldschooling and the Reggio-Emilia Approach (a project-based, child-led, emergent curriculum). She has lived and taught around the globe in places such as Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Germany, South Korea and most recently in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Camp Leader, Lily Uoka Chin grew up in Berkeley + Oakland, CA and is a Mixed Media Artist who thrives in nature and shares her gift of creative expression. She has experience as a Camp Leader for Camp Galileo and has over six years teaching early childhood education. Lily has taught many creative workshops and has lead numerous art parties for kids at Brushstrokes Studios in Berkeley, CA. She enjoys working with kids because they remind her to stay curious and imaginative!