STAFF & FACULTY DIRECTORY PROFILE
Kerryn Pincus Gallagher
Job Title:
Director of Enrollment and Admissions
Department:
Admissions
Email:
Phone: (510) 577-9100
ext.
603
Started at O'Dowd:
2012
Degrees:
BA Anthropology and World Art and Cultures, UCLA M.Ed Education and Social Policy, Harvard
Originally from:
South Africa
Why I Teach:
I love being the Director of Admissions at O'Dowd and meeting new families from all over the Bay Area. When a new class enters each year, I have the distinct pleasure of watching an entire class mature, grow and flourish over four years.
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Favorite quotes:
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. -- Nelson Mandela
A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. -- Malcolm X
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. -- Gloria Steinem
Favorite trivia:
The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
Recommended visual media:
Boyhood and Moonlight
Recommended reads:
Kite Runner and The Book Thief
Hobbies or outside interests:
Hiking, cycling, spinning, laughing, listening to music -all kinds but especially rap and travelling. Spending time with my three children and husband and entertaining friends as often as possible.