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.
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.
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.
Pablo Delgado
Humanities Faculty
Stephen DeMonico
Computer Science Faculty
Sydney Donahue
Athletic Director & Girls Varsity Volleyball Coach
Andrew Drennen
Assistant Athletic Director
Courtney Federle
Humanities Teacher
Laura Feigelmuller
Math Faculty
Regan Galvan
Director of Teaching & Learning
Jason Gamer
Music Director, Music Teacher
Stephanie Garcia
Director of Community Life, Humanities Faculty
Kirstie Gonzales
Humanities Faculty
Courtney Greer-Brown
Assistant Director of Admissions
Jason Gregory
Assistant Head of School
Suzy Hernández
Spanish Faculty
Terra Hyke
Science Faculty
Bryan Jimenez
Facilities Technician
Erick Jimenez
Facilities Technician
Jose Jimenez
Facilities Technician
Olivia Kaplan
Science Faculty
Min Kim
Humanities Faculty
Ana Lazo
Human Resources Manager
Lucia Linares
ESL Instructor/ Int'l Student Advocate
Najah Lowe
Chief Financial Officer
Lee Ann Metivier
Director of Development
Ana Mickle
Associate Director of Development
Seth Miot
Math Faculty
Francisco Montilla
Spanish and Heritage Spanish Faculty
Emily Noble
Development Associate
Roy Nyberg
Math Faculty, Science Faculty
Sarah Older Aguilar
Department Chair, Humanities Faculty
Giovanna Olivos
Controller
David Pham
Humanities Faculty
David Polett
Math Faculty, Boys' Varsity Basketball Coach
Demian Pritchard
High School Teacher
Sydney Reiner
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Karina Rodriguez
Receptionist & Administrative Assistant
Jaime Ryan
Counselor, Learning Specialist
Jonathan Schaefer
Science Faculty
Michael Scheer
EdTech Support Specialist, VPA Faculty
Eric Shi
Chinese Faculty
Jennifer Silver
Humanities Faculty
David Simmons
Counselor
Sarah Sweatlock
Department Chair, Math Faculty
Shanon Tabata
Department Chair, Science Faculty
Alex Tauber
Technical Director, VPA Faculty
Annie Thompson
Humanities Faculty
Angela Volpicelli
World Languages Chair, International Admissions Coordinator, Spanish Faculty
Neal Von Flue
VPA Faculty
Elle Wong
Math Faculty
Vistamar School is a private independent high school in the South Bay region of Los Angeles.