Paul comes from a diverse background, having a bi-racial Mexican and Anglo ethnicity. Growing up in the poorer Burbank neighborhood in San Jose but educated in mostly upper-middle-class schools, Paul gave his life to Christ in 1999 while a freshman at UC Davis through the outreach of Cru. He married Jaimie in 2005 and they have the joy of raising three kids together. After graduation, he worked with Cru in campus ministry for 14 years. He recently served as an associate pastor for three years in Livermore, CA. 

As a pastor, he loves digging into Scripture and is zealous for expository Bible teaching that is Christ-centered. He has a diplomatic leadership style and that aims to foster unity, ownership, and teamwork. Paul loves board games, playing and watching sports, and stimulating conversations over a good cup of coffee. 

Email: paul at solanochurch.org

Miguel was born in Burbank, California, to a Mexican immigrant family. He began vocational ministry at the age of 17 at his home church in Glendora, California. During that time, he completed a B.A. in Music at U.C. Riverside. He enjoys spicy food, cycling, and socializing with all kinds of people. He married Olesia in 2019 and had a "Mexikranian" wedding with mariachis. Miguel sees music as an important tool for the spread of the gospel in the Bay Area.

Email: miguel at solanochurch.org

Jodie is a native of Berkeley CA. Born and raised here, she knows and appreciates the Bay Area, yet also remembers the struggle to find Christian peers and community growing up here. She teaches Piano and got her education from UC Santa Barbara and Northwestern University. She has lived in and participated in missions in other countries and is passionate about God’s love of unity and variety—language, culture, and color. Her desire and passionate prayer is to help the next generation understand their true identity as image-bearers of God, desire intimacy with him, and know the love of Jesus that surpasses knowledge! 

Email: jodie at solanochurch.org

Emily grew up in a loving Christian home in the Central Valley (209!) and moved to the Bay Area a little over a decade ago to study at Cal. She earned a BA in Dance and Performance Studies, and went on to earn a MS in Dance/Movement Therapy from Sarah Lawrence College. Despite being quiet and introverted, Emily loves to be in community and to worship the Lord and share stories through creative outlets like dance, music and drama. She enjoys traveling, learning what being the Church can look like in different cultures, long walks in nature (or long walks in general), reading, and spending too much time talking about anything by Tolkien. 

Email: emily at solanochurch.org

Emily was raised in a Christian home, as her father was a pastor in her early years. She came to faith early, and the Lord has continued to call her ever since. Coming from South Carolina, she and her husband Nick moved to the East Bay in late 2021. Familiar with the feeling of being left out Emily loves making friends and helping others feel connected. She loves trying new things, going to new places, eating new foods, and sharing all those experiences.

Email: emilytyler at solanochurch.org

Simultaneously born with his brother into a Christian home in Southern California, Martin came to personally know Jesus as a sophomore in high school. He spent a few formatively painful years living in Korea, grew up in the San Gabriel Valley, and came up to the Bay Area in 1997 for college, and studied American Studies at Cal. There are far too many books, succulents, and coffee-related supplies in his apartment—but he thoroughly enjoys them all. 

Email: martin at solanochurch.org