Staff and Board

What I love about Mount Tamalpais College is that it increases the number of people in the world who approach life with curiosity, confidence, and ambition, rather than with trepidation, resentment, or helplessness.”

We’ve become adept at throwing certain people away, depriving society of their unique gifts and wisdom. Mount Tamalpais College reaffirms the humanity and incredible potential of hundreds of ‘thrown away’ students.”

Mount Tamalpais College changed my life. I have witnessed how education brings hope to the hopeless, a voice to the voiceless and opportunity to those who seek it out.”

Anyone who meets the students of Mount Tamalpais College is inspired by their commitment to using education to improve themselves and their community. They are the leaders of the criminal justice reform movement. Come see for yourself!”

Working with San Quentin students who are eagerly engaging in their education is inspiring and humbling because it demonstrates what is possible when the rehabilitation part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is taken seriously.”

Education opens a path for incarcerated people to move forward to self-respect, opportunity and fulfillment. Beyond that, education is proven to be the single most effective means of reducing recidivism. Thus, Mount Tamalpais College changes lives and is helping to change the world. Who would not support this work?”

I support Mount Tamalpais College because its work is life-affirming, liberatory, and engenders dignity. I’m motivated to see this model expand beyond San Quentin.”

My experience working with graduates of the program has completely changed my perception of the talent, drive, and potential of incarcerated students.”

Mount Tamalpais College takes the simple proposition that all students deserve a quality education and extends it to those most overlooked. Creating an environment that challenges students to make connections to the world outside the classroom, the program provides space for dynamic conversations, while building students’ confidence in their own abilities.”

I’m honored to share in Mount Tamalpais College’s work. I have witnessed our program offering hope and possibility, along with dignity and respect, and often new ideas for incarcerated people.”

Mount Tamalpais College students are humbling with their thirst for learning. Society has left so many of them behind, but education is transforming them, helping them to realize their potential!”

I am drawn to Mount Tamalpais College because  it resists the notion that some of us don’t deserve the transformative power of education and learning. I want nothing more than for our graduates to continue disrupting the status quo in criminal justice from within the walls of San Quentin, and beyond them.”

Mount Tamalpais College breathes hope into a system where many have unfairly labeled people as hopeless. As someone who has experienced first-hand the negative effects of having a father incarcerated, I know that giving someone the resources and support they need to be successful can make all of the difference.”

To instructors at Mount Tamalpais College, it becomes abundantly clear that our incarcerated students have vast potential and deep passion for their education. It is my hope and belief that the college courses offered enable our students to become change-agents for their communities and for our society more broadly.”