Teachers and Staff
Kim Megyesi
Director and Founder
Ms. Megyesi grew up in Ohio, graduated summa cum laude from Mount Union College, and…
Alida Chacon
Program Coordinator
Ms. Chacon was born in Cuba and raised in Southern California. She earned an Associate…
Deanna Sabri
Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Deanna Sabri is a California native and much of her childhood was spent growing…
Carol Palmer
Billing Assistant
Mrs. Palmer is a proud mother to five boys, and has been a home school…
Trianna Eichinger
Registration Assistant
Trianna Eichinger has spent her entire life in Orange County. She recently graduated from UCI…
Julie Johnson
Marketing Assistant
Ms. Julie grew up in a small copper-mining town in Arizona and graduated with a…
Melinda Cheng
Office Assistant
Melinda Cheng is a Southern California native and graduated from Biola University with a degree…
Gaby Ader
Teacher
Ms. Gaby grew up in the beautiful beach community of Malibu, California. After graduating from…
Hadia Aldahabi
Teacher
Hadia Aldahabi was born and raised in Damascus, Syria. She received a Bachelor’s degree in…
Michelle Almeida
Teacher
Mrs. Almeida is a Southern California native. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from…
Patricia Anderson
Teacher
Patricia Anderson is not afraid of challenges! After becoming parents to two bright and witty…
Megan Bowers
Teacher
Mrs. Megan Bowers graduated from California State University Fullerton with a Bachelor’s degree in English…
Krista Brown
Teacher
Krista graduated from CSULB with a degree in Liberal Studies. She has held a teaching…
Jocelyn Contestabile
Teacher
After receiving her Bachelors’ degree in Food Science and Nutrition, Mrs. Contestabile worked as a…
Donna Edman
Teacher
Donna grew up as a roving military kid. She loves traveling and experiencing a variety…
Susan Eichinger
Teacher
Ms. Susan is a native Californian born to Chilean parents who immigrated in 1964. During…
Heather Estes
Teacher
Ms. Heather Estes is a Southern California native, with over 8 years of elementary teaching…
Fiorella Gardella
Teacher
Ms. Fio’s goals are to strengthen students’ awareness and appreciation for our beautiful planet, through…
Karren Hiskey
Teacher
Mrs. Karren Hiskey has always resided in Southern California, where she graduated from California State…
Stephanie Hodgson
Teacher
Ms. Stephanie grew up in Placentia, graduating from El Dorado High School. She received her…
Beth Jerome
Teacher
Mrs. Beth Jerome is a multiple subject credentialed teacher of 20 years, currently substitute teaching…
Cat Kelley
Teacher
Ms. Cat Kelley is a mixed media artist from Southern California who turned her passion…
Natalie Knox
Teacher
Ms. Natalie has been teaching all over Orange County, in various settings ever since she…
Dr. Brian Leslie
Teacher
Brian was born, and brought up, in the Highlands of Scotland. He went to school…
Liz Lucus
Teacher
“Mentoring curiosity with artistic expression for a life-long exploration of music” continues to be Mrs….
Wes Lucus
Teacher
Mr. Wes Lucus loves learning, and he loves teaching. His ideal life would be to take classes…
Dave Maestrejuan
Teacher
Dave was plugged into the role of artist by kindergarten. He went to Fullerton College,…
Jenny Mitchell
Teacher
Ms. Mitchell was born in Peru and was raised in Southern California. She discovered her…
Gaby Mullen
Teacher
Gaby Mullen was born and raised in Guatemala City in a family of seven children. …
Linnea Perez
Teacher
Ms. Perez is a native southern Californian and has a Bachelor of Science degree in…
Joelle Prate
Teacher
Orange County native Joelle Prate has spent the past 10 years working in public middle…
Kara Sarkar
Teacher
Mrs. Kara Sarkar is a Los Angeles area native and enjoys the teaching and learning…
Raziya Shaikh
Teacher
Ms. Shaikh was born in Southern California. During her childhood, she called a number of…
Shay Sharifian
Teacher
Shay Sharifian has been teaching at Cal State Long Beach and in the CSU system…
Christine Huerta Soler
Teacher
A California native, Mrs. Soler has spent her whole life in southern California. Beginning her…
Dawn Spranger
Teacher
Dawn Spranger grew up in Anaheim, California. In 1997, she earned her bachelor’s degree from…
Adriane Tsai
Teacher
Adriane Tsai was homeschooled since first grade and started taking art lessons at age 5….
Lauren Vargas
Teacher
Ms. Lauren is an Orange County native who found her passion for teaching in Northern…
Laurelin Varieur
Teacher
Mrs. Varieur is a former public high school English teacher who has been a full-time…