Gary and Cynthia Curtis, Co-Owners

Gary and Cynthia are co-owners and Administrative Directors of Northshore. Cynthia is also the school's Clinical Advisor.

Sonja Smith, Instructor

Sonja specializes in Ortho, but has spent many years in both Periodontal as well as working for a company that specializes in the field of dental radiographs (X-rays). She currently works for Dr. Jean Chen, Orthodontist in Lake City, Washington.

Nicole Hoang, Instructor

Nicole specializes in General Dentistry. She graduated from Northshore in 2006 and has been a dental assistant for the past 4 years. Nicole met her husband in the dental field. She loves being an instructor for the program that lead her into a wonderful career. She currently works for Dr. Robert Drumhiller in Ballard, Washington.

Jona Fournier, Instructor

Jona specializes in General Dentistry. She has been an assistant for 6 years and attended Northshore for training. She love's assisting and enjoys teaching. She currently works for Dr. Rothwell and Dr. White in Sand Point, Seattle, Washington.

Lisa Broughton, Instructor

Lisa attended Lake Washington's Dental Assisting program and graduated the Summer of 2002.  She has worked as a dental assistant in Washington, Arizona, California as well as a couple of third world countries working with a team called “Dentistry without Borders". She is attending Shoreline Community College preparing to enter the field of Hygiene. Lisa thoroughly enjoys the variety of assisting and loves every minute of it.

Kara Rathbone, Instructor

Kara specializes in General Dentistry. She is a 2008 graduate of Northshore. She is excited to share her passion for dentistry with her students. She strongly thinks the decision to enter into the dental field is a very wise choice as it is still one of the top careers nationwide. Kara is currently working for Dr. Norman Bolosan in Bothell, Washington and has been for the past 3 years.