Silvia Perchuk
Silvia Perchuk has 18 years experience as a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. A dedicated educator, she is currently the Bilingual Coordinator for the students that are learning English. Also, she has done extensive volunteer work as a teacher with Success for Kids, a program designed to support children in actualizing their potential despite living in high risk environments.

After many years of work as a teacher, mentor and coordinator for the Los Angeles Public Schools, Silvia's firm belief is that only through education of our youth can eliminate the ignorance that fosters hatred among people. She is most concerned with helping youth acquire the understanding and life skills needed to take responsibility for both their own lives and the lives of others.

Seeing the positive changes in the lives of children after they are given the tools to succeed, Silvia created Teach the Children Peace Foundation to help in the transformation of our world into one of caring, sharing, and peace for all.

Sherri Jaye
Sherri Jaye has pursued a career in the mental health field, using her therapeutic and counseling skills to foster resiliency, to serve and inspire success in children and their families in multiple environments and cultures.

Sherri is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and is a credentialed school counselor. Sherri's specialties include assisting parents and school staff with overcoming and addressing student educational challenges. Sherri has also coordinated group counseling and crisis counseling for families with acute needs.

For 8 years she was co-chairperson for the annual Best Practices in Counseling Resource Fair. She currently is a Program Coordinator for the Ready For School Center in the Los Angeles School District. This is a program that serves parents who have children 0-5 to prepare them for pre-school and kindergarten. She can use her skills in leadership with her staff and is able to continue to teach the parents how to become the best role models they can be for their children.

Sherri has 4 beautiful children, 6 gorgeous grandchildren, and 2 precious dogs. In her spare time, she is also a hairdresser and a Certified LifeMastery Consultant. She coaches people to achieve their life goals and dreams by teaching seminars, workshops, conducting Mastermind groups, and providing individual coaching.

Roberta Golden
Roberta Golden has had an extensive career with the Los Angeles Unified School District. For over 32 years, she worked with students at risk in the classroom setting and served an additional seven years as a literacy coach.

During her 39 years as an educator, her professional responsibilities included numerous leadership positions. As well, she was a mentor teacher, bilingual teacher, and a trainer for the California's Governor's Reading Professional Development Institutes. As a student council coordinator, she worked to build school-wide awareness, respect, and compassion for diverse peoples of the community and the world. She created fundraising opportunities so students of all ages could participate in providing aid to victims of natural disasters and begin to gain an understanding of the life of those different from themselves.

Her experience teaching farm labor students in central California in the early 70's, revealed the importance of life stories and the desperate need to promote tolerance within the home and school community. Now retired, Roberta continues to be a life-long learner and community volunteer. She believes that peace begins with each of us and education is the vehicle.

Karen Timko has served children and families as a teacher for 6 years followed by 24 years of service to the Los Angeles Unified School District as a school psychologist, organization facilitator of school-community partnerships, and administrator of counseling programs.

From a very early age, Karen advocated for youth in out-of-home placements and became a guardian to two amazing children. She and her children endured a bitter custody battle that resulted in deepening her commitment to making a positive difference in the lives of foster care youth. She is currently writing a book about this experience that she hopes will inspire others to stay lovingly connected to their children despite all obstacles and to influence change to the current legal processes that often perpetuate violence rather than facilitating healing and peace for children and their caregivers. Currently, her home is a multi-cultural safe haven of unconditional love and enthusiastic support for her young adult children, 3 adored grandchildren, and a houseful of their friends who bless her heart with joy every single day. She truly believes that World Peace is possible and is excited to be part of making it happen through the collective work of the Teach the Children Peace Foundation.