Faculty & Staff

List of 63 members.

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  Angelica Adams 

  Director of Equity and Inclusion
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  Doug Biedenweg 

  Science Faculty
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  Mickey Blaine 

  Theatre Director, Drama Teacher
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  Chris Bright 

  Head of School
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  Sophie Bright 

  Admissions & Marketing Assistant
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  Adele Cadres 

  Executive Assistant to the Head of School
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  Lorena Campos 

  Student Services Administrator-Registrar
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  Oscar Cancio 

  Director of Admissions
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  Hugo Carrillo 

  World Languages Dept. Chair, Spanish Faculty
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  Bryan  Castaneda 

  Facilities Technician
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  Lupe Chacon 

  Life Planner/ Director of Tigre Scholars Program

  Bio

  Lupe joined the Life Planning Team in 2014. She is a native Angeleno with over 16 years of experience in higher education. She spent the first part of those years in College Admissions working for Mount St. Mary's College and Occidental College. At Occidental, she made the switch to Financial Aid.  At both colleges she was heavily involved in the recruitment of students of color. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Scripps College. As the Latino Programs Coordinator, Lupe works with Spanish-speaking families at all grade levels to ensure they have full access to all that Vistamar has to offer.
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  Emily Chandler 

  Department Chair, Arts Faculty
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  Oscar Chavarria 

  Dean of Students, Math Faculty
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  Sean Collyer 

  Director of Operations/Facilities
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  Julie Crum 

  Life Planning Associate

  Bio

  Julie Crum earned her College Counseling credential at UCLA, joining the Vistamar Life Planning team in 2011.  Her areas of expertise include financial aid, the performing arts, and the UC and CSU systems. Julie holds a B.A. in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College and worked in the Los Angeles and Manhattan Beach School Districts as a tutor and substitute teacher. Her experience as an educator, counselor, and parent of two children attending college allows her to bring both wide-ranging and local insight into her work with Vistamar students.
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  Pamela Davis 

  Life Planning Associate

  Bio

  A founding faculty member, Pam has been at Vistamar since it opened its doors in 2005. Past roles here have included Coordinator of the Humanities Department, Humanities and AP English teacher, Life Planning Associate, and proud Vistamar parent-- both of her children are Vistamar graduates. Prior to coming to Vistamar, Pam taught Humanities and English for nine years at Brentwood School. There she also served terms as Co-chair of the English Department, Dean of Faculty, and director of the Senior Seminar Program, an interdisciplinary course combining philosophy, literature, history, comparative religion, and psychology. Pam grew up in Los Angeles and, back in the Mesozoic era, graduated from Westlake School for Girls (now Harvard-Westlake), so she is truly the product of L.A.-area independent schools. She holds a BA in English/Creative Writing from Stanford University, and a PhD in English from Brown University, where she taught composition and literature classes for five years. 
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  Stephen DeMonico 

  Computer Science Faculty
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  Sydney Donahue 

  Athletic Director & Head Coach, Girls Varsity Volleyball
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  Andrew Drennen 

  Assistant Athletic Director
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  Regan Galvan 

  Director of Teaching & Learning
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  Jason Gamer 

  Music Director, Music Teacher
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  Stephanie Garcia 

  Director of Community Life, Humanities Faculty
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  Kirstie Gonzales 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Courtney Greer-Brown 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Jason Gregory 

  Assistant Head of School
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  Tisa Habas 

  Assistant Director of Admissions
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  Laura Haney 

  Science Faculty
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  Suzy Hernández 

  World Languages Faculty - Spanish
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  Terra Hyke 

  Science Faculty
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  Bryan Jimenez 

  Facilities Technician
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  Jose Jimenez 

  Facilities Technician
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  Min Kim 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Ana Lazo 

  Human Resources Manager
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  Lucia Linares 

  ESL Instructor/ Int'l Student Advocate
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  Esther Lopez 

  Receptionist & Administrative Assistant
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  Najah Lowe 

  Chief Financial Officer
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  Cristina Mendoza 

  Senior Accountant
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  Lee Ann Metivier 

  Director of Development
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  Seth Miot 

  Math Faculty
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  Francisco Montilla 

  World Languages Faculty - Spanish & Heritage Spanish
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  Emily Noble 

  Development Associate
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  Sarah Older Aguilar 

  Department Chair, Humanities Faculty
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  Yordana Ortega 

  Admissions Associate
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  Elizabeth Park 

  Assistant Director of Development
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  David Pham 

  Humanities Faculty
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  David Polett 

  Math Faculty / Head Coach, Boys Varsity Basketball
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  Emily Pryor 

  World Languages Faculty - Spanish
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  Casey Quirarte 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Sydney Reiner 

  Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
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  Jaime Ryan 

  Counselor, Learning Specialist
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  Martin Sanchez 

  Security Guard
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  Laura Santana 

  Math Faculty
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  Michael Scheer 

  VPA Faculty
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  Eric Shi 

  World Languages Faculty - Mandarin
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  Jennifer Silver 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Alex Spear 

  Science Faculty
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  Sarah Sweatlock 

  Academic Schedule and Data Manager, Math Faculty
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  Shanon Tabata 

  Department Chair, Science Faculty
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  Alex Tauber 

  Technical Director, VPA Faculty
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  Annie Thompson 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Kara Ukolowicz 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Neal Von Flue 

  VPA Faculty
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  Elle Wong 

  Department Chair, Math Faculty