Ever since the departure of teacher Mr. Ted Kim at the start of this year, there was a spot open for a new teacher to join Preuss. In came Ms. Alexandra Sohoni, who is now the Advanced Science teacher for eighth Grade.

Before Ms. Alexandra Sohoni even got into becoming a teacher she was pursuing her interests in college.

She explains, “After I graduated from high school I went to the University of California Santa Cruz, where I switched my major multiple times. I started in Psychology then Political Science major then Plant Science major. And after earning so many credits in Biology and having a love for Biology I decided to pursue something in Biology.”

After earning her degree in Biology she would later stumble into something that would lead her into doing something she didn’t imagine.

“Becoming a teacher wasn’t something I originally was set on doing. I knew I wanted to help people in some sort of way that didn’t involve me sitting behind a desk all day and allowed me to interact with others. Then in the summer I took an internship where I was teaching summer school which made me realize how much I loved teaching,” Ms. Sohoni adds.

On her path of becoming a teacher she came across a school that would later on be the school she joins.

Ms. Sohoni says, “In August I was asked to substitute here at Preuss. After substituting for multiple chemistry and physics classes for a few months I was offered a full time position and later got the opportunity to work at Preuss full time. Later on I was switched to where I now teach Advanced science for eighth grade and have a ninth grade Advisory class.”

Ms. Sohoni is referring to taking over Dr.Chittuluru’s advisory class. Since the middle of August, Ms. Sohoni has experienced quite a lot here at Preuss.

“So far being here at Preuss has been great since I like how small this school is and in comparison to other schools it has a better community. Thanks to this I know the students I have and the people I work with better than some other school.”