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Faculty

Staff

CO-FOUNDERS

Evan Flamenbaum, MA, DSW

Chief Operating Officer – Head of School

Jeffrey Kassinove, PhD

Chief Financial Officer

ADMINISTRATION

Thea Cruz, , M.S. CCC-SLP

Assistant Head of School

Matthew Boynton, MEd

Associate Director of Education

Thomas Kui, PsyD

Clinical Director

Julia Margolis, LMSW

Associate Dean of Admissions

Ann Nuñez

Registrar Coordinator

Eleanor Wefing

Student Life Coordinator

Shawntae Reid

Front Desk Receptionist 

Miguel Ortiz

Facilities Manager

Christopher Becker

Human Resources Generalist

Kathleen Quinn

Outreach Coordinator

Marissa Diacco

Post Doc Fellow

Alexandra Gonzalez 

Digital Marketing Specialist

Izabela Konopko

School Psychology Intern

TEACHING STAFF

Alex Sirgenson, MA

Upper School Lead Teacher

Eric Tsang

Elevate Training/ Fitness

Leo Lovett-Doust, MS

Middle School Lead Teacher
Yasmin Mendoza-Yanez, MEd
Upper School Lead Teacher – Spanish

 Alana Williams, BA

Middle School Teaching Assistant

 

Candace Grant, MEd
US Lead Teacher – Tech Coordinater
Kunal Rajesh, MA

 

Upper School Lead Teacher – Math

Stephanie Rios, BA

Upper School Lead Teacher

Jennifer Rojas, BS

Middle School Teaching Assistant 

 

Colleen Coppola

Middle School Lead Teacher

Kate Licaros

Lower School Lead Teacher

Jane Sclafani

Lower School Lead Teacher

Bridgid Fitzmaurice

Teaching Assistant

Jonathan Jacobs

Lower School Lead Teacher

Dave Stone

Interim Lead Teacher

Buchanan Highhouse

Upper School Lead Teacher

Lloydel McCalla

Middle School Teaching Assistant

Kiera Mullany

Lower School Teacher Assistant

Tati-Anna Robinson

Upper School teaching Assistant

 Amy Carstensen

Lower School Teaching Assistant

Karin Shaya

Lower School Teaching Assistant

David Wood

Japenese Instructor

Maryse Cox

Speech Language Pathologist

COUNSELING STAFF

Naomi Brill, M.A. LCAT-LP

Art Therapist

Jamie Boheim

School Based Clinician

Rachel Ten Doeschate

School Based Clinician

Erin Sullivan

Occupational Therapist

INTERNS

Anokhi Bafna

Onikka Carrington

Fallon Smalberg

 Ash Smith

Joshua Weinstein

Yi Zhang

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