School Staff

why not achieve?

Administration

Jason Marin

Interim Principal & Chief of Schools

jasonm@lapromisefund.org

Leah Ruiz

Assistant Principal

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Claudia Lopez

Dean of Instruction

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Office Staff

Patty Agalzoff

SBOM

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Gabriela Avalos

Office Coordinator

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Yanelly Rubio

SBOM

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Counselors & Social Workers

Leo Contreras-Estrada

School Social Worker

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Ariana Nieves

School Counselor

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Multiple Subject Department

Lesley Campos

6th Grade Teacher

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Lynn Cetin

7th Grade Teacher

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Makayla Chamberlin

6th Grade Teacher

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Zulyann Macias

7th Grade Teacher

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Sergio Rodriguez

7th Grade Math/Science Teacher

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English Department

Amber Castillo

10th Grade English Teacher

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David Rivera

ELD/Reading Intervention Teacher

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Jasmine Perez

11th & 12th Grade English Teacher

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Alex Rambo

8th Grade English Teacher

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Steven Warren

9th Grade English Teacher

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Math Department

Yadira Funez Villanueva

Math Teacher

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Josue Gomez

Math Teacher

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Son Huynh

Math Teacher

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History Department

Natalie Bracamontes

History Teacher

natalieb@lapromisefund.org

Dawn Hentrich

8th Grade History Teacher

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Jazmin Kent

History Teacher

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Alan Pouget

History Teacher

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Science Department

Robert Anyiam

Science Teacher

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Christine Pichler

Biology Teacher

christinep@lapromisefund.org

Melissa Romero

Chemistry Teacher

melissar@lapromisefund.org

Foreign Language Department

Natali Garcia

Spanish Teacher

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Maria Nelly Montoya Rodriguez

Spanish Teacher

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Film & Art Departments

Karen Ceballos

Art Teacher

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Arnold Huddlin

Art Teacher

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Alan Kent

Film Teacher

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Physical Education Department

Rafael Chavez

P.E. Teacher

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Mario Garcia

P.E. Teacher

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Taylor Plew

P.E. Teacher/Athletic Director

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Jada Ward

Athletics Administrative Assistant

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Special Education Department

Deven Allen

RSP Teacher

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Rosa Lopez

9th-12th Grade RSP Teacher

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Eric Pichler

RSP Teacher

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Jessica Valle

9th-12th Grade RSP Teacher

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Instructional Aides/Behavior Intervention

Shaqueal Adkins

Behavior Interventionist

shaqueala@lapromisefund.org

Laura Baltazar

Intervention Manager

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Daniela Becerra

Instructional Aide

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Estrella Delgado

Instructional Aide

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Sammy Gonzalez

Intervention Manager

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Fabiola Horta

Instructional Aide

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Jessica Ibarra

Behavior Interventionist

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Alejandra Perez

Instructional Aide

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Bryan Rodriguez

Instructional Aide

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George Torres

Instructional Aide

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Custodial Department

Ofelia Negrete Florido

Custodian

Melvin Ramirez

Custodian

Josefina Rubio

Custodian

Donnell Beverly Jr., School Committee Member

WESTBROOK ENTERPRISES

Donnell Beverly Jr. is the President at Russell Westbrook Enterprises where he leads the enterprise’s business management, real estate, and investment of liquid assets. The Russell Westbrook Enterprise portfolio includes investments in health, fitness, fashion, social media, automobile sales, and more. Prior to his work with Russell Westbrook Enterprises he specialized in the intersection of sports, business management, and real estate.

Donnell also serves on the board of The Why Not? Foundation, the private foundation of Russell and Nina Westbrook.

Donnell was born and raised in South LA and attended Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, CA. He went on to captain the UConn basketball team that won a national championship in 2011.

Jamie Uzeta, School Committee Member

PUBLIC ALLIES

Jaime Ernesto Uzeta is the CEO of Public Allies. Previously, he was the VP of Innovation and Partnerships at BUILD, where he oversaw the organization’s transformational impact efforts. His unique background blends education design, media, technology and public service. Prior to BUILD, Uzeta was a portfolio director at IDEO, the design and innovation firm, where he helped address a variety of systemic challenges in education. Previously, he headed up growth strategy and development for GreatSchools, a digital media group that empowers parents to unlock educational opportunities for their children. In the media space, Uzeta built Participant Media’s digital and TV social action teams, which informed and mobilized audiences around critical social issues. He played a similar role for MTV, where he co-developed the Choose or Lose and Fight for Your Rights initiatives.

Uzeta’s other experience includes a variety of strategy and marketing roles for some of the world’s most recognized brands – including clients such as CNN and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – as well as political positions at the White House and the Departments of Treasury and Commerce. A former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Uzeta currently serves on the national board of Public Allies, a civic service apprenticeship program. He graduated with honors from the University of Houston with a BA in political science and earned his MBA from Columbia University.

Stephen Prough, School Committee Chair

SALEM PARTNERS

Stephen Prough is a Founder of Salem Partners and Salem Partners Wealth Management. In addition to his management responsibilities for Salem Partners’ two main businesses, Prough oversees the firm’s media and entertainment investment banking practice, focusing primarily on mergers and acquisitions advisory services. Prough serves on the investment committees of Salem Partners Wealth Management and SW Contego, a fund of hedge funds established by Salem Partners Wealth Management in 2008. Prior to founding Salem Partners, Prough was a Vice President in the Media and Communications Investment Banking Group of Furman Selz. Prough is a graduate of Harvard College, where he majored in Government and was a Harvard Scholar. Prough serves as the Co-Chair of the LA Promise Fund Board of Directors. Prough is also on the Professional Advisory Counsel of the Motion Picture and Television Fund.

Elizabeth Mann, School Committee Secretary

MAYER BROWN

Elizabeth Mann is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Los Angeles office. She has extensive experience litigating cases in several areas including entertainment, defamation, health care, antitrust, real estate, investment finance, environmental, regulatory and class actions. Mann has handled cases involving motion picture finance and screen credit issues, biologic marketing strategies, financial advisory services, fiduciary duty claims involving banks and trusts, government investigations, long-distance telephone services, toxic torts and RICO claims.

Mann has had a long term commitment to serving Los Angeles’ underprivileged children. She spearheaded major litigation that established fair housing rights for low income families. She aided a number of Hurricane Katrina refugees who were transferred to Los Angeles in obtaining housing, health and education services. She is also very active in the Los Angeles legal community, serving as the Chair-Elect of the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She received an undergraduate degree from Pomona College and a JD from the University of California – Los Angeles School of Law.

Andrea Foggy-Paxton, School Committee Member

The Broad Center

Andrea Foggy-Paxton supports career development of senior leaders in the Broad Center network. Foggy-Paxton previously was executive vice president at Reasoning Mind, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing first-rate math instruction for all students. She also has developed and managed innovative professional development, high-school transformation, college completion and personalized-learning grants for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Earlier in her career, she served in roles with Annie E. Casey Foundation, Tavis Smiley Foundation, L.A. Youth at Work, Rock the Vote, and Freedom Schools. Foggy-Paxton has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California at Berkeley and a master’s degree in public administration from Baruch College in New York.