Faculty & Staff
Meet the Team
Katharine Nicassio
Principal/ IB Head of School
Mario Salceda
Vice Principal
Javier Navarro
Dean of Students
Dr. Jessica Worthy
IB Coordinator
Mireya Avila
School Psychologist
Debra Camacho
Counselor
Rafael Trujillo
Counselor
Claudia Garcia
Counselor
Dr. Kaitlin Vera
Categorical Resource Teacher
Pioneer Directory
Office Staff
Principal
Office
knicassio@dusd.net
Mario Salcedo
Vice Principal
Office
masalceda@dusd.net
Javier Navarro
Dean of Students
janavarro@dusd.net
Jessica Worthy
IB Coordinator
Office
jworthy@dusd.net
Alondra Sanchez
Office Manager
Office
alsanchez@dusd.net
Patty Trejo
Bilingual Clerk
Office
ptrejo@dusd.net
Monica Bracamontes
Records Clerk
Office
mbracamontes@dusd.net
Samantha Bedolla Avila
Bilingual Attendance Clerk
Office
sbedollaavila@dusd.net
Mireya Avila
School Psychologist
mavila@dusd.net
Felicia Henley
Cafeteria Manager
Cafeteria
fhenley@dusd.net
Counselors
Counselor (Gon-Pen)
Office
dcamacho@dusd.net
Claudia Garcia
Counselor (Peo-Z)
Office
cramirezgarcia@dusd.net
Rafael Trujillo
Counselor (A-Grom)
Office
rtrujillo@dusd.net
AVID
Jocelyn Villasana
AVID Coordinator
Room 11
jvillasana@dusd.net
English Department
English
Room 31
carnold@dusd.net
Michelle Barela
English
Room 12
mbarela@dusd.net
Andrew Beliakoff
English
Room 7
abeliakoff@dusd.net
Margarita Clark
English
Room 71
mclark@dusd.net
Monique Dioli
English
Room 32
mdioli@dusd.net
Nekane Erro
English / SDC
Room 21
nerro@dusd.net
Gretchen Ferera
English
Room 33
gferera@dusd.net
Araceli Funes-Valdivia
English / IB
Room 83
afunesvaldivia@dusd.net
Neil Gonzalez
English
Room 23
negonzalez@dusd.net
Tracy Malick-Perez
English
Room 14
tperez@dusd.net
Crystal Morales
English / SDC
Room 5
cmorales@dusd.net
Steve Schmaltz
Journalism / IB
Room 82
schmaltz@dusd.net
Joseph Schuldt
English
Room 6
jschuldt@dusd.net
Lynn Silagyi-Morris
English / SDC
Room 42
lsilagyimorris@dusd.net
Jocelyn Villasana
English
Room 11
jvillasana@dusd.net
Arts & Electives
Nancy Calas
Drama
Room 83
ncalas@dusd.net
Jazmin De La Torre
Electives
Room T2
jadelatorre@dusd.net
Vanessa Hernandez
Art / IB
Room 36
vhernandez@dusd.net
Nadia Klute
Foods / ASB
Room 71
nklute@dusd.net
Jonathan Melgar
Spanish / IB
Room T3
jmelgar@dusd.net
Noel Mendoza Treyez
Spanish
Room T1
nmendozatreyez@dusd.net
Antonio (Tony) Reyna
Band
Room 92
treyna@dusd.net
Charlene Sun
Robotics / IB
Room 2
csun@dusd.net
Fidencio Orozco Corona
Electives
Room T4
forozcocorona@dusd.net
Math
Erik Byers
Math SDC
Room 41
byers@dusd.net
Concha Cabrera
Math
Room 205
ccabrera@dusd.net
Graham Calvario
Math / IB
Room T1
ncalvario@dusd.net
Jaqueline Hamano
Math
Room 203
jhamano@dusd.net
Megan Lundsberg
Math
Room 202
mlundsberg@dusd.net
Shannon Marine
Math / IB
Room 27
smarine@dusd.net
Emma Newman
Math
Room 40
enewman@dusd.net
Ashley Perkins
Math
Room 15
aperkins@dusd.net
Tiffany Rachal
Math
Room 95
trachal@dusd.net
Alejandro Santos
Math
Room 204
asantos@dusd.net
Christine Spittell
Math Department Chair
Room 4
cspittell@dusd.net
Brian St. Clair
Math
Room 63
bstclair@dusd.net
David Venegas
Math / SDC
Room 201
dvenegas@dusd.net
Science
Cynthia Beppu
Science
Room 35
cbeppu@dusd.net
Ivette Castro
Science
Room 103
icastro@dusd.net
Isela Chan
Science
Room 22
ichan@dusd.net
Andres Iglesias
Science
Room 101
aiglesias@dusd.net
Jose Moreno
Science / IB
Room 105
josmoreno@dusd.net
Jesus Perez
Science
Room 34
jeperez@dusd.net
Jayme Tao
Science / IB
Room 104
jtao@dusd.net
Antwan Tring
Science / ASL
Room 64
atrinh@dusd.net
Social Studies
Cindy Espeseth
Social Studies
Room 17
cespeseth@dusd.net
Michele Gutierrez
Social Studies
Room 24
mgutierrez@dusd.net
Claire Hirano
Social Studies
Room 93
chirano@dusd.net
Isaac James
Social Studies / SDC
Room 95
ijames@dusd.net
Summer Parsley
Social Studies / SDC
Room 13
sparsley@dusd.net
John Perkins
Social Studies
Room 81
jperkins@dusd.net
Deisy Ponce
Social Studies
Room 27
dponce@dusd.net
Timothy Sims
Social Studies
Room 5
tisims@dusd.net
Daniel Singh
Social Studies
Room 25
dsingh@dusd.net
Brian St. Clair
Social Studies
Room 63
bstclair@dusd.net
Additional Staff
Helen Rivera
Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Liaison
Room 46
hriverareinoza@dusd.net
Yessenia Estrada
DHH
yestrada@dusd.net
Dr. Kaitlin Vera
Categorial Resource Teacher
kvera@dusd.net
Physical Education
Jennifer Regan
PE Department Chair
GPE
jregan@dusd.net
Chris Bisorca
PE
BPE
cbisorca@dusd.net
Krystal Lee
PE
GPE
klee@dusd.net
Daniel Lopez
PE
BPE
dlopez@dusd.net
Kevin Pearson
PE
kpearson@dusd.net