Kim González-Chang

From concept to opening day

The Harbour School Marine Science Center

I led the design and construction of a marine science center and wet lab from concept to opening, managing the budget, vendors and construction professionals. The center sits among public housing, so the build also meant working closely with neighbors, the Hong Kong Government and local NGOs.

Then I built the program to fill it: a hands-on K-12 marine science curriculum where every class met in the wet lab, aboard the school's ship, or on Hong Kong's outlying islands. I taught students with a wide range of learning needs, including twice-exceptional learners, and recommended the accommodations that let them do the work.

“Ms. Gonzalez designed a state-of-the-art hands-on marine science wet lab which has been constructed now on our school site. Her abilities to work with administration, construction professionals, and teachers is a credit to her abilities as a team player.”Science Coordinator, The Harbour School

A national curriculum, written in two languages at once

Design Squad Latinx

GBH's bilingual engineering program asks kids ages 8 to 12 to solve real problems by drawing on what they already know from home and community, an approach called funds of knowledge. Across four modules and ten one-hour sessions, they learn the design process, build with pulleys, invent their own engineering challenge, and present their designs at a community showcase. I led it from first drafts to national release on PBS LearningMedia, and I wrote most of it myself, drafting Spanish and English side by side so neither version reads as a translation.

We piloted at three sites, in Puerto Rico, Massachusetts and California, worked with Fluent Research on the evaluation, and revised from what kids and educators told us. I managed the cross-functional team, our animation studio and the federal grant reporting, built the curriculum on Universal Design for Learning, and created professional development so club leaders could teach it with confidence.

A school of my own

Element School

I founded Element as a small bilingual school where young children explore science outdoors and learn through play. Our mixed-age program blends Montessori and Reggio Emilia, and our afterschool courses introduce older kids to AI.

I run all of it: curriculum, hiring and training staff, budgets, admissions, health and safety, and every conversation with families, in English and Spanish.

Published statewide in English and Spanish

Science units for Washington classrooms

In Stormwater Challenge, middle school teams take community walks, analyze rainfall and runoff data, and design and present solutions to real stormwater problems on their own campuses.

For Grade 2, The Story of Land and Water is built around The Big Journey of Little Droppy, a story that Lummi and S'Klallam authors Keith and Chenoa Egawa wrote for the unit. My lessons tie the story to Indigenous knowledge and to why severe flooding happens in Lynden and Omak.

Putting a new state law into practice, door to door

Washington's Organics Management Law

The law took effect on January 1, 2026, and each community is rolling it out on its own timeline. As an analyst on Cascadia's community engagement team, I meet business owners and multifamily residents in person, in English and Spanish, across Shoreline, unincorporated King County, Redmond and Kitsap County, at places from grocery stores to casinos.

I run waste-sorting audits and site assessments, advise businesses on composting, food waste reduction, grease prevention and incentives such as durable dine-in tableware programs, and design and deliver Spanish-language trainings for municipal utility partners. I coordinate with hauling and processing partners, including Recology and Cedar Grove, and track outreach, audit and compliance data in Fulcrum, Salesforce and Excel.