Our Staff

Administrative Team
Mr. Anthony Saba Executive Director

ASaba@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Lee Fleming Head of School

lfleming@SamueliAcademy.org
Front Office

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Ms. Kim Dawson Assistant Head of School (9th-12th Grades)

kdawson@SamueliAcademy.org
Front Office

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Ms. Alexandra Lopez-Martinez Assistant Head of School (7th & 8th Grades)

ALopez@SamueliAcademy.org
Front Office

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Mr. John Luker Chief Finance Officer

jluker@orangewoodfoundation.org

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Academy Staff
Mrs. Joy Abuel English

jabuel@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Wed./Thurs. 3:30-4:30 pm
Room: G101

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Ms. Diana Alonzo Receptionist

dalonzo@samueliacademy.org

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Mrs. Anna Ambata Music

aambata@samueliacademy.org
Room: Student Union Building

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Ms. Aggie Ambrosio School Psychologist

aambrosio@samueliacademy.org

Room: E110

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Ms. Jasmine Barajas Behavior Interventionist

jbarajas@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Tracy Boxeth Resource Specialist/Case Manager

tboxeth@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Wed./Thurs. 3:30-4:15 pm

Room: G315

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Mr. Billy Brinckloe IT Help Desk

bbrinckloe@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Mon. – Fri. 8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Lunch: 12:00-1:00 pm
Room: G217

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Mr. Anthony Buncab Design Teacher

abuncab@samueliacademy.org

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Mrs. Cristalle Callis Chemistry

ccallis@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 3:30-4:15 pm
Room: G213

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Ms. Diana Campos 7th Grade Science

dcampos@samueliacademy.org

Office Hours: Mon. 2:30-3:30 pm and

Wed. 3:00-4:00 pm

Room: A203

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Mr. Blake Capper 7th Grade Math

bcapper@samueliacademy.org

Room: A210

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Mr. Garett Cecil World Humanities/AP U.S. History

gcecil@samueliacademy.org

Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 3:30-4:30 pm

Room: G102

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Ms. Haley Speicher-Cecil Student Services Coordinator

hspeicher@samueliacademy.org

Phone: 714-942-7454

Room: G215

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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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Ms. Andrea Chavez 11th & 12th Grade Counselor

achavez@samueliacademy.org

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Mr. Carlos Chavez History

cchavez@samueliacademy.org

Room: G203

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Ms. Monica Chou 8th Grade Science

mchou@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Eliana Contreras Instructional Aide

econtreras@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Joy Corpora Chief People & Culture Officer

jcorpora@orangewoodfoundation.org

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Mrs. Cynthia Cuevas-Covarrubias 7th Grade English

ccuevas@samueliacademy.org

Office Hours: Mon. 2:30-3:30 pm and Wed. 3:00-4:00 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. Lucy Cura Instructional Aide

lcura@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Sarah Davis Student Success Coordinator

SDavis@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: By appointment
Room: G115

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Mrs. Jess Doebler Office Manager, Grades 9-12

jdoebler@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Mon. – Fri. 7:15 am-3:45 pm
Front Office

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Mrs. Gina Escobar Virtual Enterprise

ggonzalez@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 7:30-8:30 am
Room: G303

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Ms. Stephanie Espina Special Education

sespina@samueliacademy.org

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Mr. Juan Esqueda Registrar

jesqueda@samueliacademy.org

Front Office

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Ms. Lydia Fisher Office Manager, Grades 7 & 8

lfisher@samueliacademy.org

Front Office

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Mr. Jose Gallardo Instructional Aide

JGallardo@samueliacademy.org

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Mrs. Tracy Garcia Executive Assistant

tgarcia@samueliacademy.org

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Mrs. Wasana Gomez 9th & 10th Grade Counselor

wgomez@samueliacademy.org
Room: E119

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Mrs. Natalia Gomez Mora Food Service Supervisor

ngomez@samueliacademy.org
Cafeteria

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Mr. Zach Granoff Computer Science / E-Sports

zgranoff@samueliacademy.org

Room: E304

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Ms. Dana Handley 7th/8th Grade PE

dhandley@samueliacademy.org

Office Hours: M/W 3:00-3:30 or by appointment

Room: Athletics Office

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Mr. Connor Hill Engineering Lab Assistant

chill@samueliacademy.org
Room E312
Engineering Fab Lab

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Mr. Cameron Howard 8th Grade Social Studies

choward@samueliacademy.org

Office Hours*: Mon./Wed. 3:00-4:00 pm or by Appt.
(*Hours may vary during Soccer Season)
Room: A201

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Ms. Maria Huizar Food Services Assistant

mhuizar@samueliacademy.org

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Mrs. Danielle Jackson Mathematics

djackson@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Mon. 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Room: E302

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Mr. David Janisch Engineering

djanisch@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 1:00-2:00 pm
Room: E311

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Mr. Blaine Jones Earth Science

BJones@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Mon. – Thurs. 7:30-8:30 am
Room: E203

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Mr. Raymond Kalbhenn Physical Education

rkalbhenn@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Mon. – Fri. 7:45-8:15 am
Room: F205

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Mr. Oscar Leong Director of Development

oleong@samueliacademy.org

Room: E109

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Mr. Samuel Leong English

sleong@samueliacademy.org

Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:30 – 4:30pm and by appointment

Room: G102

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Mr. Jeff Lohman Science

jlohman@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Wed. 3:30-4:30 pm or by appointment
Room: G313

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Mr. Dionicio (Dio) Lopez Mathematics

dlopez@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tues./Wed. 3:30-4:30 pm
Room: E202

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Ms. Laura Lopez Community School Coordinator

llopez@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Samantha Lopez Mathematics

slopez@samueliacademy.org
Office hours: Tuesday 3:30-4:30, Thursday 7:30-8:30
Room: E301

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Ms. Raquel Meadors Environmental Science

rmeadors@samueliacademy.org

Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 3:30-4:30 pm

Room: E204

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Mrs. Olga Mendez 7th Grade Math

omendez@samueliacademy.org

Office Hours: Mon. 2:30-3:30 pm, Tues. – Fri. 3:00-3:30 pm

Room: A209

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Mrs. Celeste Mendoza 7th & 8th Grade Counselor

cmendoza@samueliacademy.org

Room: A212

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Ms. Jailene Mendoza EL Instructional Aide

jmendoza@samueliacademy.org

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Diana (Dawna) Nguyen 7th Grade History

dnguyen@samueliacademy.org

Office Hours: Mon/Weds 3-4 pm (Weds/Fri 3-4 pm ONLY if Monday is a holiday)
Room: A115

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Mr. Raul Ocegueda Instructional Aide

rocegueda@samueliacademy.org

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Mr. Jake Oshinsky IT Help Desk

joshinsky@samueliacademy.org

Office Hours: Mon. – Fri. 8:00 am – 3:30 pm

Lunch: 12:00-1:00 pm

Room: G217

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Mr. Noah Palacios English

npalacios@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Mon. – Thurs. 3:30-4:00 pm
Room: G301/302

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Mr. Erik Pederson Government / Economics

epederson@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 7:30-8:30 am or by appointment
Room: G314 (The Den)

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Mr. Colton Peters Athletics Facility Coordinator

cpeters@samueliacademy.org

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Mr. Reid Petersen Design Teacher / Marketing

rpetersen@samueliacademy.org

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Mr. Stephen Pink Spanish

spink@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tues/Thurs/Fri 3:30-4:30 pm, and mornings by appointment only

Room: G104

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Mr. Anthony (Nino) Polizzi Engineering

npolizzi@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Mon. – Thurs. 8:00-8:30 am

Mon./Wed. 3:30-4:30 pm
Room: E313

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Ms. Tara Prendeville One-to-One Instructional Aide

tprendeville@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Angela Ramirez Spanish / ELD

aramirez@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 1:00-2:00 pm

or by appointment

Room: G201

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Mr. Oscar Reyes Work-based Learning Coordinator

oreyes@samueliacademy.org

Room: E128

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Ms. Erica Rueda Biology

erueda@samueliacademy.org

Monday and Wednesday from 3:45 to 4:45 pm

Room: G113

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Mr. Robert Salazar Facilities Supervisor

rsalazar@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Isabel Saldana Campus Supervisor

isaldana@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Norah Sarsour Director of Alumni Success

nsarsour@samueliacademy.org

Room: E117

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Ms. Pam Shambra Chief Philanthropy Officer

pshambra@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Jerusha Shin 7th/8th Grade Art

jshin@samueliacademy.org

Room: A201

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Mr. Gilberto Solorio Custodian

gsolorio@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Sheena Somoza Mathematics

ssomoza@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Mon. 2:30-3:30 pm and Wed. 3:30-4:30 pm
Room: E201

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Ms. Andriana Torres Instructional Aide

atorres@samueliacademy.org

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Mr. George Trapp Campus Supervisor

gtrapp@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Patricia Vining Design

pvining@samueliacademy.org
Office Hours: Wed. 7:30–8:30 am / 3:30–5:00 pm
Room: E214

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Ms. Jai Wallace Student Development Coordinator

jwallace@samueliacademy.org

Room: E123

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Ms. Janea Wallace 8th Grade English

janeawallace@samueliacademy.org

Room: A105

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Ms. Amber Whiting Instructional Aide

awhiting@samueliacademy.org

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Ms. Meredith Worden People & Culture Partner

mworden@samueliacademy.org

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Mr. Martin Zambrano Campus Support / Coach

mzambrano@samueliacademy.org

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