Chithra has been working with Kannada Kali since 2021. Her passion towards Kannada started when she was young, as her mom taught her to write essays in Kannada and participate in many debate and public speaking competitions. Currently, she is living in Fremont with her husband and two kids. Apart from teaching Kannada, she loves to dance, read, write poems and stories, paint, put colorful rangolis, sketch and many more.

Sirisha is very grateful to Kannada Kali which gave her a chance to be able to pursue her passion towards teaching. She was a Kannada Kali parent earlier and started teaching from 2022. She is very happy to be a part of Kannada Kali as it provides her a sense of belongingness.

Veena Jamakhandi has been teaching at Kannada Kali for a year now. She is a Software Engineer who has a passion for educating the youth about Kasturi Kannada. Since both her kids successfully learnt Kannada she wanted to continue teaching kids Kannada and found Kannada Kali as a great platform to do so. Overall, she loves teaching at Kannada Kali and is always excited to teach her young kids.

Manu Patil is associated with Kannada Kali since 2019. She started her journey as a parent and simultaneously joined as a volunteer to have more impact on her kid. Manu Patil also works as a teacher at an elementary which helped her to do the job efficiently. She believes in doing service to the Kannada language by teaching the young generation here in US. She is also a coordinator for Kannada Kali Fremont extension.

Prajnya has worked with Kannada Kali since 2020. She loves reading Kannada Novels, Kannada literature and writing in Kannada. She grew up in a family with Kannada literature influence and found it inspiring to join Kannada Kali family so that she can continue to stay in touch with language and also teach younger generation Namma Siri Kannada.

Suma has been teaching at Kannada Kali since 2022. Her enthusiasm for instructing Kannada was sparkled when her daughter enrolled in Kannada Kali classes. Through teaching her daughter, Suma realized her fondness for impacting knowledge of the language. During her downtime, she takes pleasure in pursuing hobbies such as painting and crocheting, as well as spending quality time with her children.

Ashwini has been associated with Kannada Kali since 2013. She enjoys interacting with the kids and love the fresh perspectives they bring to every session. The commitment of kids and parents alike towards Kannada makes me look forward to being in the class. One of the cherished memories for her in this journey, was to see the 5th graders enact the play that she had written on the Kannada Kali habba stage in 2013. It has been wonderful to see that play be performed by multiple classes over the years.