Instructors

Misty Messenger-Loucks
Instructor
  • BA, Visual Arts, California Baptist University
  • California Credential, Mathematics, California Baptist University
  • MS, Educational Design and Technology, California Baptist University

“I am the quote.”
– Mrs. Loucks

Lizbeth Suarez
Instructor- ELD Coordinator
  • BA, English Creative Writing, California State University San Bernardino
  • Teaching Credential – Single Subject, National University
  • MA,  Education – Teacher Leadership, National University

“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
– Maya Angelou

Cody Garman
Instructor
  • BA, Sociology and Law, University of California Riverside
  • MA, Education Policy and Administration, Loyola Marymount University
  • Single subject teacher credential, LMU
  • Multiple subject teaching credential, LMU

“The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see.”
– Unknown

Kanann Merritt
Instructor
  • BA, Child Development, Whittier College
  • BA, English, National University
  • Teaching Credential, National University

“Dreams don’t have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you’ll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that’s great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that’s part of the process.”
– Naomi Osaka

Ashley Espinoza-Zavala
Instructor
  • B.A Earth Science, California State University, Fullerton

“Change what you cannot accept. Accept what you cannot change.”

Pauline Carey-Jones
Instructor
  • B.A. Spanish; Minor in Applied Mathematics from Loyola Marymount University.
  • M.A. in Secondary Education from the University of San Francisco.

“Every student can learn. Just not on the same day or in the same way.”
-George Evans

Instructor - Hannah Strawbridge
Hannah Strawbridge
Instructor
Jen Imasa
Instructor
  • BA, Mathematics, California State University San Bernardino

“Be patient with yourself, everyone moves at their own pace in life. You’re exactly where you need to be right now.”
– Jeny Imasa

Krysta Van Kampen
Instructor
    Tristen Boandl
    Assistant Special Education Coordinator
    • BS, Management, University of Phoenix, Ed. Special Education, Grand Canyon University

    “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”
    – Robert Frost

    Maria Elena Iturralde-Sepulveda
    Special Education Instructor
    Instructor - Amanda Aguado
    Amanda Aguado
    Special Education Teacher
    • BA, Child development – California State University San Bernardino
    • MS, Special Education – California State University San Bernardino

    “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    – Maya Angelou

    Linda Montgomery
    Instructional Assistant
    • HND (Associate Degree Plus), Langside College, Glasgow, Scotland

    “Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.”
    – Winston Churchill

    Rosa Chamu
    Special Education Instructional Assistant
    • BA, Sociology, University of California, Riverside 
    • Minor, Education, University of California, Riverside

    “What is it to be fulfilled and whole and connected and in place, and a huge part of that is community.”
    – Andrew Hozier-Byrne

    Emily Olmedo
    Instructional Assistant
    • BA, Literary Studies, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

    “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
    – Eleanor Roosevelt

    Enrique Berumen
    Instructional Assistant

    SPED Instructional Assistant - Getsemani Cortez
    Getsemani Cortez
    Instructional Assistant
    Jasminne Ancira
    Instructional Assistant
    Instructional Assistant - Isabella Guerra
    Isabella Guerra
    Instructional Assistant
    Graciela Sanchez
    Instructional Assistant
      Ruby Cantero
      Instructional Assistant
      Instructional Assistant - Maria Lopez Melendez
      Maria Lopez Melendez
      Instructional Assistant