Tatiana holds a master’s in linguistics and education from Far Eastern University of Humanities. Originally from Russia, she studied English as a second language, as well as French, Italian, and Spanish. Prior to moving to the United States in the early 1990s, she taught university-level English classes for several years.

She studied court reporting at Bryan College in Los Angeles, California, and has been a licensed California Shorthand Reporter since 1998.
She currently works as an official steno reporter at the San Diego Superior Court, North County Division. Prior to court, she worked as a freelance reporter for over 20 years, reporting depositions, hearings, conferences, etc., for private clients. She has been teaching court reporting since 2020 and is a Certified Reporting Instructor through the National Court Reporters Association.

Nina Panchenko is a passionate student pursuing a degree in English literature at UCSD. She aims to become an educator and work on improving the structure of the American public university system. Nina is bilingual (Russian) and is certified to teach English as a foreign language. She is our English grammar and legal terminology teacher. She loves cooking, baking, reading, and spending time with her young daughter.

Kelly Hensley Williams has been a California Certified Shorthand Reporter for 40 years. She reports depositions in personal injury cases such as traffic accidents, trip-and-falls, medical malpractice, construction defect, breach of contract, probate, divorce and many other areas. She volunteers as a teacher in Project Steno (an introductory steno training course), and she is a theory teacher and a speed-building instructor at Moreno Voice & Steno. Her hobbies include needle felting or sculpting with wool, pickleball, reading, puzzles, gardening, and spending time with her dog.

Sarah Padilla has over 16 years of court reporting/stenography experience. Prior to obtaining her Cаlifornia CSR, Sarah worked as a CART reporter for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the greater Los Angeles area serving universities such as UCLA, USC, Loyola, Pepperdine, as well as private institutions, and high schools. Sarah served as a deposition reporter in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and New Mexico for 10 years before becoming an official reporter at the San Diego Superior Court. She is a part of the multiple-voice dictation team and is Moreno's creative director. Her passion is creating chalk and graphic art to promote the field of court reporting. You can find some of her art here: sarahscribes.etsy.com

Laurie instructs the high-speed class (160-225).