The Arbor Team
Tara Sheehan
Director of Operations & Board Treasurer
Ms. Tara Sheehan comes to her role as Director of Operations with knowledge and experience from…
Esther Cha
Program Director
Ms. Esther comes to The Arbor with 10+ years of experience in the education field…
Deanna Sabri
Office Manager
Deanna Sabri is a California native and much of her childhood was spent growing up…
Trianna Eichinger
Registration & Billing Coordinator
Trianna Eichinger has spent her entire life in Orange County. She recently graduated from UCI…
Devon Broussard
Teacher
Devon was born and raised in Southern California and has lived here most of her…
Krista Brown
Teacher
Krista graduated from CSULB with a degree in Liberal Studies. She has held a teaching…
Melissa Buell
Teacher
Mrs. Melissa Buell was born and raised in Southern California. She graduated cum laude from Cal State…
Jocelyn Contestabile
Teacher
After receiving her Bachelors’ degree in Food Science and Nutrition, Mrs. Contestabile worked as a…
Kristen Daleiden
Campus Assistant
Kristen was born in Southern California and has lived here her entire life. She went…
Susan Eichinger
Teacher
Ms. Susan is a native Californian born to Chilean parents who immigrated in 1964. During…
Julio Escobar
Teacher
Mr. Escobar’s passion for the past 15 years has been teaching science in various school…
Erin Ferrier
Teacher
Ms. Erin Ferrier is a Southern California native. She graduated from Cal Poly San Luis…
Alisha Freeman-Rembert
Teacher
Alisha (Ali) Rembert is a past Arbor parent and has been a part of The…
Tiffany Gonzalez
Teacher
Mrs. Gonzalez’s journey into American Sign Language (ASL) started at an early age and had…
Maggie Greer
Teacher
Mrs. Maggie Greer was born and homeschooled in the Chicagoland area. She moved to Southern…
Karren Hiskey
Teacher
Mrs. Karren Hiskey has always resided in Southern California, where she graduated from California State…
Amy Honeycutt
Teacher
Ms. Honeycutt hails from the spectacular state of Utah, but has made Southern California home…
Christine Jelbert
Board Secretary
Christine found the Arbor through word-of-mouth 6 years ago and hasn’t looked back since. The…
Emily Lindbeck
Teacher
Emily Lindbeck was born and raised in Southern California. Her performing career took her to…
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,…
Stephanie May
Teacher
Mrs Stephanie May was raised in the Central Valley by parents who immigrated from the…
Julia Miller
Teacher
Mrs. Julia Miller was born and raised in Southern California and was homeschooled through high…
Jenny Mitchell
Teacher
Ms. Mitchell was born in Peru and was raised in Southern California. She discovered her…
Doug Nason
Teacher
Doug has been teaching hands-on science to kids from pre-k through high school throughout Orange…
Jill Patterson
Board President
Jill has been homeschooling for the past 8 years, with the Arbor being a part of…
Linnea Perez
Teacher
Ms. Perez is a native southern Californian and has a Bachelor of Science degree in…
Joelle Prate
Teacher
Joelle Prate is an OC native, veteran K-12 and teacher educator, PhD student, and mom…
Alison Rubin
Teacher
Miss Alison grew up in Davis, California. She earned a B.A. in English & Spanish…
Melanie Salazar
Teacher
Melanie grew up between the snow-capped mountains and wind-swept valleys of the Southwest. There, she…
Samuel Trujillo-Lindley
Teacher
Samuel Lindley is an Orange County native and lifelong educator. He received his bachelor’s degree…
Laura Steen
Teacher & Board Member
Laura is a southern California native and has homeschooled her four kids for over nine…
Shellie Troutman
Teacher
Shellie is returning to The Arbor after spending the last 5 years teaching 6th grade…
Kathi Wahl
Teacher
Kathi Wahl is a native Californian who spent her young childhood living between the east…