Yea Flicker, M.A.
About Yea
Yea has dedicated her life to helping people become the best versions of themselves. She has spent the past 20+ years coaching, mentoring, teaching, and supporting students and adults in a variety of settings, from elementary schools to college campuses. In addition to working with her clients, Yea is the Associate Director of Learning Services at Marin Academy. Before working at Marin Academy, Yea was the Associate Director of the learning strategies department at the Urban School in San Francisco, and prior to that she managed the first Department of Learning Services for the College Preparatory School in Oakland. Yea served as the Co-Director of a pre-freshman program at the University of Pennsylvania for five years, conducted workshops on time management, organization, and study skills to prepare students for the transition to college, and taught undergraduate courses in sociology for two years. Yea has experience conducting admissions interviews, reading admissions files, and consulting on admissions decisions for independent schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Yea also serves as an alumni admissions interviewer for Georgetown University.
Through her role as a Director of Learning Services for independent schools, Yea has extensive experience in advising parents and supporting students with diagnosed learning differences, interpreting and summarizing educational and neuropsychological evaluations, creating individual learning plans, and applying for accommodations on standardized tests through the College Board and ACT. Yea consults with school administrators on AI protocols and practices, curriculum, assessments, admissions decisions, enrollment, and learning services protocols.
Yea collaborates with her husband Jai, who is the founder and CEO of LifeWorks Learning Center. LifeWorks specializes in mentoring, tutoring, test and college preparation for teens, as well as coaching for parents of teens. Yea and Jai live in Marin with their two children.
Through her role as a Director of Learning Services for independent schools, Yea has extensive experience in advising parents and supporting students with diagnosed learning differences, interpreting and summarizing educational and neuropsychological evaluations, creating individual learning plans, and applying for accommodations on standardized tests through the College Board and ACT. Yea consults with school administrators on AI protocols and practices, curriculum, assessments, admissions decisions, enrollment, and learning services protocols.
Yea collaborates with her husband Jai, who is the founder and CEO of LifeWorks Learning Center. LifeWorks specializes in mentoring, tutoring, test and college preparation for teens, as well as coaching for parents of teens. Yea and Jai live in Marin with their two children.
Education and Training
- Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pennsylvania, 2005 - 2012
- M.A., University of Pennsylvania
- Graduate Certificate in Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania
- B.A., Georgetown University
- Mindfulness in Education Teacher Training
- Certified Qigong Instructor
Recent Conferences and Workshops
- Completed a year-long CATDC instructional coaching, mentoring, and leadership training with Dr. Julie Strong and Jennifer Liu
- Extensive training in executive functioning support with Sarah Ward, MS, CCC/SLP
- Building Better Brains workshop with Dr. Sharon Saline
- Multi-year participant in SXSW Edu conferences and workshops
- Learning and the Brain conferences and seminars
- Various workshops with Dr. Gordon Neufeld
- National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) workshops on diversity and inclusion, executive functioning, and ADHD
- NAIS Diversity Leadership Institute
- California Teachers Development Collaborative (CATDC) workshops on fostering academic success, building executive functioning skills, diversity and inclusion
