Isbella burrow
Pre K
Bella has been attending FBC since she was a one year old. For the past nine years, she has faithfully served FBC in the children’s ministry, where she discovered her passion for working with kids. She has also been involved in the Awana ministry for five years. Bella considers it a joy to embark on this new journey of teaching Pre-K, and she is excited to watch each child grow in both their love for learning and their love for God.
Beth Astadurian
2nd Grade
Beth has been attending Foothill Bible Church since she was 5 years old. She met her husband here at FBC and they have three kids who attend Foothill Christian Academy.
She graduated from Cal Poly Pomona University with a Bachelors in Liberal Studies and a minor in History. Her family has faithfully served as leaders in Awana and Children’s Ministries for over 20 years. Teaching has always been a passion of hers and since her kids are now school-age she is thrilled to be a part of Foothill Christian Academy. She has worked in the classroom for the past 2 years and is very excited to be teaching at her home church.
Michelle Lane
5th & 6th Grade
Michelle and her husband, Joe, have been attending FBC for 34 years where they have served in several capacities. She received her undergraduate degree in marketing, a minor in English, and a secondary teaching credential from Cal Poly Pomona. Before joining Foothill Christian Academy, Michelle was in education for 25 years. During those years she taught in two public schools, a charter school, and homeschool classes here at FBC. She also taught at Cal Baptist where she received her Master’s Degree in comparative literature. Michelle currently leads a ladies Bible study and loves to read, hike, garden, and sew. Other loves, in addition to Joe, are her dogs and Alabama football.
Rachel Mills
Kindergarten
Next to studying the Bible, Rachel considers spending time with children her favorite activity. She earned her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from Biola University and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction as well as an Administrative Services Credential from Chapman University. She taught in the Ontario-Montclair School District before homeschooling her four children from kindergarten through high school. She has been blessed to serve together with her children over the years in Children’s Ministry and Awana where she serves as Cubbie Director. She loves the outdoors and playing Volleyball with her family.
Sandy Anderson
3rd & 4th Grade
Sandy has been a teacher for over 35 years. Her first teaching assignment was a 4th Grade Bilingual classroom in Los Angeles Unified. After that she substituted for K – 8th in both public and private Christian schools. Additionally, she taught her own children at home and administered a home school group.
She and her husband Mark have attended Foothill Bible Church for 20 years. She has five children and five grandchildren.
She is passionate about bringing God’s Word to bear on all areas of academics and disciplines of life.
David beck
7th & 8th Grade
David is a National Board certified teacher and has 35 years of experience in the classroom. He earned a Master's Degree in Leadership Studies with an emphasis on Educational Ministry from Azusa Pacific University. He has spent most of his career teaching US Government and Economics to 12th graders at both public and private Christian schools, and for seven years he taught 7th graders Math and History.
He has served in church ministry in a number of different capacities, teaching adult Sunday school classes, leading evening home groups, serving as assistant youth pastor, and playing drums with the worship team.
He is married with three adult children and two grandchildren. He also serves as the boys tennis head coach for Western Christian High School.
Annie Price
1st Grade
Annie and her family came to FBC in 2017. She has always enjoyed working with children of all ages. Annie has been homeschooling her four children for the past 12 years, two are now graduated. She will be sending her twin 4th grade boys to FCA and is excited at the chance to be able to teach the 1st grade class. She has faithfully and joyfully served in children’s ministry since attending FBC. She and her family also enjoy serving in the Awana program.
Julia Buehl
5th & 6th Grade
She holds a degree in Speech Communication. Julia married Scott 37 years ago and raised two children. They homeschooled them all the way through high school using the BJU Press curriculum from 3rd-12th grade and are graduates of California Polytechnic University, Pomona. Julia has two grandchildren who live in Indiana.
Jennifer Salomon
7th & 8th Grade
Jennifer brings over 13 years of secondary teaching experience to FCA. Most recently, she spent three years teaching at a Christian school in Riverside, California. Prior to that, she homeschooled two of her children for three years.
She holds dual credentials in Secondary Science and Special Education. Jennifer earned her B.A. in Sociology from UC Riverside, her Education Specialist Credential from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and her Secondary Science Credential from California Baptist University.
Jennifer is married and has four children, with whom she loves spending quality time. She enjoys encouraging women at her church, where her husband serves as pastor. In her free time, she also enjoys watching and coaching soccer.