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.
Sydney Donahue
Athletic Director & Head Coach, Girls Varsity Volleyball
Andrew Drennen
Assistant Athletic Director
Sophia Galano
School Counselor
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
Humanities Faculty, Equity & Inclusion Advisor
Jason Gregory
Assistant Head of School
Tisa Habas
Assistant Director of Admissions
Terra Hyke
Science Faculty
Bryan Jimenez
Lead Facilities Technician
Ana Lazo
Human Resources Manager
Lucia Linares
ESL Instructor/ Int'l Student Advocate
Esther Lopez
Receptionist & Administrative Assistant
Najah Lowe
Chief Financial Officer
Cristina Mendoza
Senior Accountant
Lee Ann Metivier
Director of Development
Seth Miot
Math Faculty
Francisco Montilla
World Languages Faculty - Spanish & Heritage Spanish
Emily Noble
Development Associate
Sarah Older Aguilar
Department Chair, Humanities Faculty
Yordana Ortega
Admissions Associate
David Pham
Humanities Faculty
David Polett
Math Faculty / Head Coach, Boys Varsity Basketball
Emily Pryor
World Languages Faculty - Spanish
Casey Quirarte
Humanities Faculty
Sydney Reiner
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Jaime Ryan
Counselor, Learning Specialist
Martin Sanchez
Security Guard
Michael Scheer
VPA Faculty
Eric Shi
World Languages Faculty - Mandarin
Jennifer Silver
Humanities Faculty
Alex Spear
Science Faculty
Ricardo Stella
Facilities Technician
Sarah Sweatlock
Academic Schedule and Data Manager, Math Faculty
Shanon Tabata
Department Chair, Science Faculty
Alex Tauber
Technical Director, VPA Faculty
Kara Ukolowicz
Humanities Faculty
Neal Von Flue
VPA Faculty
Elle Wong
Math Faculty, Equity & Inclusion Coordinator
Vistamar School is a private independent high school in the South Bay region of Los Angeles.