Our Teachers
Kim Megyesi
Director and Founder
Ms. Megyesi grew up in Ohio, graduated summa cum laude from Mount Union College, and…
Mandi Ramirez
Assistant Director
Ms. Mandi Ramirez was born and raised in the Inland Empire of Southern California. After…
Lydia Yang
Operations Manager
Mrs. Lydia Yang was born and raised in Southern California. She loves the sunny weather…
Trianna Eichinger
Registration Assistant
Trianna Eichinger has spent her entire life in Orange County. She recently graduated from UCI…
Carol Palmer
Billing Assistant
Mrs. Palmer is a proud mother to five boys, and has been a home school…
Alida Chacon
Office Assistant
Ms. Chacon was born in Cuba and raised in Southern California. She earned an Associate…
Melinda Cheng
Office Assistant
Melinda Cheng is a Southern California native and graduated from Biola University with a degree…
Julie Johnson
Marketing Assistant
Ms. Julie grew up in a small copper-mining town in Arizona and graduated with a…
Erin Leung
Intern
Erin Leung is currently finishing up her last year at Chapman University with a major…
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…
Kinsey Aragon
Teacher
Ms. Kinsey grew up in Diamond Bar, California. She has her Bachelors in communication from…
Krista Brown
Teacher
Krista graduated from CSULB with a degree in Liberal Studies. She has held a teaching…
Glenda Campos
Teacher
Glenda Campos recently moved from the Seattle area to Orange County, as her husband’s job…
Jocelyn Contestabile
Teacher
After receiving her Bachelors’ degree in Food Science and Nutrition, Mrs. Contestabile worked as a…
Valerie Dacheux
Teacher
Ms. Valerie is French, and moved from France to Southern California 11 years ago. Passionate…
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…
Fiorella Gardella
Teacher
Ms. Fio’s goals are to strengthen students’ awareness and appreciation for our beautiful planet, through…
Nancy Hartman
Teacher
Mrs. Hartman was born and raised in Germany where she attended Hamburg University and obtained…
Stephanie Hodgson
Teacher
Ms. Stephanie grew up in Placentia, graduating from El Dorado High School. She received her…
Natalie Knox
Teacher
Ms. Natalie has been teaching all over Orange County, in various settings ever since she…
Liz Lucus
Teacher
“Mentoring curiosity with artistic expression for a life-long exploration of music” continues to be Mrs….
Dave Maestrejuan
Teacher
Dave was plugged into the role of artist by kindergarten. He went to Fullerton College,…
Cyndi McGregor
Teacher
Ms. Cyndi’s teaching career began at the Early Childhood Education Center at City College in…
Jenny Mitchell
Teacher
Ms. Mitchell was born in Peru and was raised in Southern California. She discovered her…
Linnea Perez
Teacher
Ms. Perez is a native southern Californian and has a Bachelor of Science degree in…
Kara Sarkar
Teacher
Mrs. Kara Sarkar is a Los Angeles area native and enjoys the teaching and learning…
Kimberly Schreiner
Teacher
Kimberly Schreiner is a teacher, a lover of Planet Earth, and has a heart for…
Raziya Shaikh
Teacher
Ms. Shaikh was born in Southern California. During her childhood, she called a number of…
Dawn Spranger
Teacher
Dawn Spranger grew up in Anaheim, California. In 1997, she earned her bachelor’s degree from…
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…
Annette Stanley
Teacher
Mrs. Stanley grew up in Southern California and South Africa with her sister, fellow Arbor…