Seattle Public Schools

My name is Manju Sharma. I am so excited to be at Licton Springs. I have a master’s in science and MIT. I was born in India, but I have lived in this country for more time than India. This is home now. I have 2 sons. The elder works for Amazon and the younger is doing CS at UW. I have always wanted to teach, so I went back to school to get my Masters in Teaching, and it is a dream come true. I feel that Math and Physics can make one look at the universe in such a special way. I love kids, animals, and trees. When not teaching, I enjoy gardening, yoga, ethnobotany, cooking, sketching on and off, travel (money and time permitting), watching comedies and the news, and spending time with my family and the list goes on I love planting trees during winters for a non-profit, Mountain to Sound Greenway Trust, in Puget Sound. I look forward to meeting the students.

Hello Coe families and friends, I’m delighted to be the School Counselor at Coe. I have been working in Seattle Public Schools since 2019 and completed my School Counseling Master’s program at Seattle Pacific University. Prior to counseling I had a 20 year career in marketing, non-profit, and business management. As a counselor I like to be out and about so your students will see me at recess, in the lunchroom, in their classroom, or in my office. I work with students individually, in small groups, and in classroom lessons, and use a variety of child-centered counseling approaches that I adapt to each child. I am originally from the UK and most recently moved to Seattle in 2017 with my husband, kids, and faithful English cocker spaniel. In my free time you’ll find me walking the dogs, watching my kids play soccer, cooking and baking, enjoying great local food, traveling to new places, or finding the snow in the mountains!