Our Staff
Administrative Team

Ms. Lee Fleming Head of School
lfleming@SamueliAcademy.org
Front Office

Ms. Kim Dawson Assistant Head of School (9th-12th Grades)
kdawson@SamueliAcademy.org
Front Office

Ms. Alexandra Lopez-Martinez Assistant Head of School (7th & 8th Grades)
ALopez@SamueliAcademy.org
Front Office
Academy Staff

Mrs. Joy Abuel English
cabuel@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tu/Th 7:00-8:30 am
Room 101


Mr. Ismael Aranda School Psychologist
iaranda@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-F 8:00 am-12:00 pm
Room: E110


Mr. Devin Beliveau World History
DBeliveau@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M/W 3:30-4:00 pm, T 3:30-4:30 pm
Room: G102


Miss Aimee Bilderback English
ABilderback@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-Th 7:30-8:30 am
Room 202



























Mr. Billy Brinckloe IT Help Desk
bbrinckloe@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-F 7-4 pm; Lunch:12-2 pm
Room 217


Mrs. Nyree Brockman Work Based Learning Coordinator
nbrockman@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-F 8-5 pm
Room IH-2


Ms. Tracy Boxeth Resource Specialist/Case Manager
tboxeth@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: W/Th 3:30-4:15 pm


Mrs. Cristalle Callis Chemistry
ccallis@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M/W 3:30-4:15 pm
Room 213



























Ms. Diana Campos Science
dcampos@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tu-Th 2:00-3:00 pm
or by appointment
Room: A203
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Mr. Eduardo Cervantes Campus Facilities Coordinator
ecervantes@samueliacademy.org
Room: Dhont Ctr
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Mrs. Lourdes Cervantes Food Service Assistant
lcervantes@samueliacademy.org
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Mr. Alex Choperena Capital Campaign Manager
achoperena@samueliacademy.org
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Ms. Cynthia Cuevas English
ccuevas@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tues-Fri 1:30-2:30 pm
Room A114
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Mr. Ken Cummings Athletic Director
kcummings@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: By appointment
Room: E104
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Ms. Sarah Davis Student Success Coordinator
SDavis@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: By appointment
Room: G – First Floor Counseling Office


Mr. Martin Dominguez Office Manager (9th-12th Grades)
mdominguez@samueliacademy.org
Front Office



























Mrs. Michelle Estrada Capital Campaign & Program Assistant
mestrada@orangewoodfoundation.org
Room: A212



























Ms. Lydia Fisher Office Manager (7th-8th Grades)
lfisher@samueliacademy.org
Front Office
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Ms. Diana Gabriel Community Integration Associate
dgabriel@samueliacademy.org
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Mrs. Andrea Geans Administrative Assistant
AGeans@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-F 8:00-5:00 pm
Room: E109


Ms. Natalia Gomez Food Service Supervisor
ngomez@samueliacademy.org
Cafeteria



























Mr. Spencer Gooch Student Development Coordinator
sgooch@samueliacademy.org
Room IH-2


Miss Gina Gonzalez Virtual Enterprise
ggonzalez@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tu/Th 7:30-8:30 am
Room 303



























Mr. Zach Granoff Computer Science / E-Sports
zgranoff@samueliacademy.org
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Mr. Jonathon Gunther History
jgunther@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-Th 7:30-8:30 am
Room 203



























Mr. Cameron Howard History
choward@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-Th 1:00-2:00 pm
or by appointment
Room A115
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Mr. David Janisch Engineering
djanisch@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tu/Th 1:00-2:00 pm
Room 302



























Mr. Blaine Jones Earth Science
BJones@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-Th 7:30-8:30 am
Room 201


Mrs. Shelley Juhl-O’Brien Design/Activities Director
Job@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M 7:30-8:30 am and Tu 3:30-4:30 am
Room 314


Mr. Raymond Kalbhenn Physical Education
rkalbhenn@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-F 7:45-8:15 am
Room IH-17


Ms. Rebecca Lee-Perez Mathematics
rperez@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-Th 1:00-2:00 pm
Room E204



























Mr. Samuel Leong English
sleong@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-Th 12:50-2:00 pm
Room: G103
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Mr. Jeff Lohman Science
jlohman@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: W 3:30-4:30 pm or by appt.
Rooms 113, 202 & 14


Mr. Dionicio (Dio) Lopez Mathematics
dlopez@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-Th 1:00-2:00 pm
Room: E202


Ms. Laura Lopez Instructional Aide
llopez@samueliacademy.org
Front Office


Ms. Dina Mahmood Political Studies
dmahmood@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tu/Th 1:00 pm
Room: G313



























Mr. Ben Mechler Campus Facilities Supervisor
bmechler@samueliacademy.org
Room: Dhont Ctr



























Mrs. Olga Mendez Math
omendez@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-F 1:30-2:00 pm
Room: A209
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Mr. Jesus Moreno Spanish
jmoreno@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Th 7:30-8:30 am
Rooms 6, 7 & Dhont Ctr


Mr. Noah Palacios English
npalacios@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-Th 3:30-4:00 pm
Room 104


Mrs. Crystal Pederson Mathematics
cpederson@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tu/W 7:30-8:30 am
Room IH-14



























Mr. Erik Pederson U.S. History
epederson@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tu/Th 1:00-2:00 pm
Room: 204


Mr. Vicente Perez Biology
vperez@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-Th 3:30-4:00 pm
Room 113


Mr. Stephen Pink Spanish
spink@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M-W 8:00-8:20 am / 12:30-1:30 pm
or by appointment at this link
Room G104
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Mr. Anthony (Nino) Polizzi Engineering
npolizzi@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M/W 3:30 -4:30 am, M-Th 8:00-8:30 am
Room 301


Ms. Angela Ramirez Spanish / ELD
aramirez@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tu/Th 1:00-2:00 pm
or by appointment
Room 201
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Ms. Danielle Rhodes Mathematics
drhodes@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: M 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Room IH-14



























Miss Norah Sarsour Director of Alumni Success
nsarsour@samueliacademy.org
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Ms. Pam Shambra Capital Campaign Director
PShambra@orangewoodfoundation.org
Room: Dhont Ctr



























Ms. Sheena Somoza Mathematics
ssomoza@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tu 3:30-5:30 pm or by appointment
Room IH-5



























Ms. Haley Speicher Student Services Coordinator
hspeicher@samueliacademy.org
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Miss Patricia Vining Design
pvining@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: W 7:30–8:30 am & W 3:30–5:00 pm
Room 313



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