Elsie Dang
From working as a dental assistant to babysitting children, Elsie Dang brings versatility to the Poly community as the new English II and AP English Language teacher.
After earning a bachelor’s degree in English at UC Riverside and a master’s degree at the University of Southern California, Dang served as the head of the English Department at the Alliance Tennenbaum Family Technology High School in Los Angeles for ten years.
At Poly, she hopes to be challenged as a teacher and grow as a person. “My favorite aspect of Poly is everyone’s curiosity,” Dang shared. “There is a passion for learning.”
“Ms. Dang shows an open interest in her student’s lives as well as how they are balancing their school work,” shared one of her English II students, sophomore Anya Patel. Outside of school, Dang enjoys running, lifting weights and doing yoga.