Staff & Department Directory
St. HOPE Public Schools Administrative Staff
Elisha Ferguson – Interim Superintendent
eferguson@sthopepublicschools.org
Allison West – PS7 Elementary Principal
awest@sthopepublicschools.org
Kathleen Jelcz – PS7 Middle Principal
kjelcz@sthopepublicschools.org
Christina Williams-James – Sac High Principal
cwilliams@sthopepublicschools.org
Sarah Trapp – Director of Special Education
strapp@sthopepublicschools.org
Jade Locke – Director of Special Projects
jlocke@sthopepublicschools.org
Lesley Ezero – Director of Staff and Student Recruitment
lezero@sthopepublicschools.org
Sabrina Jaquez – Director of Human Resources
sjaquez@sthopepublicschools.org
Mayra Tostado-Sanchez – Director of Student Services
mtostado@sthopepublicschools.org
Destiny Isaac – Athletic Director
disaac@sthopepublicschools.org
Valisha Melchor – After School Program Director
vmelchor@sthopepublicschools.org
St. HOPE Public Schools Staff
Zama Culbert – HR Generalist
zculbert@sthopepublicschools.org
Sydney Burgess – Executive Assistant & Special Projects
sburgess@sthopepublicschools.org
Diana Cosmes – Operations Coordinator
dcosmes@sthopepublicschools.org
Judy Jackson – Systems Specialists
jjackson@sthopepublicschools.org
Breezy Hawkins – Inclusion Coordinator
bhawkins@sthopepublicschools.org
Michael Macias – Director of Facilities
mmacias@sthopepublicschools.org
Stephen Masih – Facilities Coordinator
smasih@sthopepublicschools.org
Brad Bernstein – Admissions Student Recruiter
bbernstein@sthopepublicschools.org
Takayla Johnson – Admissions Student Recruiter Support
tjohnson@sthopepublicschools.org
PS7 Elementary School Staff
TK/Kindergarten – 2nd Grade Team Members
Beth Simonton – bsimonton@ps7.org
Kara Kvasnicka – kkvasnicka@ps7.org
Alexis Mosley – amosely@ps7.org
Kaitlyn Gallagher – kgallagher@ps7.org
Martyam Hashim – mhashim@ps7.org
Camille Nickerson – cnickerson@ps7.org
Getty Noorzai – gnoorzai@ps7.org
3rd – 5th Grade Team Members
Jacob Hawkins – jhawkins@ps7.org
Presley Ramirez – pramirez@ps7.org
Jordan Ausmus – jausmus@ps7.org
Michael Anderson – manderson@ps7.org
Lavell Wright – lwright@ps7.org
Xxit McGriff – xmcgriff@ps7.org
Special Education/Inclusion Team Members
Sarah Trapp – strapp@sthopepublicschools.org
Aubreyelle Arrington – aarrington@ps7.org
Veronica Kamekona – vkamekona@ps7.org
Brenda Richard – brichard@ps7.org
Jill Burke – jburke@ps7.org
Jonathan Teran – jteran@sthopepublicschools.org
Julia Shughart – jshughart@ps7.org
Kristie Anderson – kanderson@ps7.org
Christopher Gwaltney – cgwaltney@ps7.org
Muira Gomez – mgomez@ps7.org
Electives Team Members
Michael Wiggins – mwiggins@ps7.org
Michael Holkko – mholkko@ps7.org
Administrative & Support Team Members
Katie Jelcz – kjelcz@ps7.org
Allison West – awest@ps7.org
Brandon Jefferson – bjefferson@ps7.org
Delmonte Ware Johnson – dwarejohnson@sthopepublicschools.org
Kierre Luat – kluat@ps7.org
Heather Borgman – hborgman@ps7.org
Audrey Gnesa – agnesa@ps7.org
After-School Members
Valisha Melchor – vmelchor@sthopepublicschools.org
Jessica Porter – jporter@sthopepublicschools.org
Kendra Garcia – kendra.garcia@ps7.org
Chelsea Weldon – cweldon@ps7.org
Kennesha Finklea – kfinklea@sthopepublicschools.org
Shanita Douglas – sdouglas@sthopepublicschools.org
Mireya Cortez – mcortez@sthopepublicschools.org
Patricia Rojas – projas@sthopepublicschools.org
PS7 Middle School Staff
6th Grade Team Members
Samuel Bellow Jr – sbellow@ps7.org
Daniel Mano – dmano@ps7.org
7th Grade Team Members
Samira Guy – sguy@ps7.org
Bradley Holmes Talbott – bholmestalbott@ps7.org
Diana Monreal Mendoza – dmonrealmendoza@ps7.org
8th Grade Team Members
Mark Atilano – matilano@ps7.org
Stephanie Ekwedike – sekwedike@ps7.org
Electives Team Members
Bobby Phillips – bphillips@ps7.org
Ryan Pudwell – rpudwell@ps7.org
Special Education/Inclusion Team Members
Sarah Trapp – strapp@sthopepublicschools.org
Betsaida Valdovinos-Ceja – bceja@ps7.org
Administrative & Support Team Members
Katie Jelcz – kjelcz@ps7.org
Cylas Olsen – colsen@ps7.org
Damion Ware – dware@sthopepublicschools.org
Isaac Griffin – igriffin@ps7.org
Carah Robinson – crobinson@ps7.org
Eva Oberg – eoberg@ps7.org
After-School Members
Valisha Melchor – vmelchor@sthopepublicschools.org
Raheem Murdock – rmurdock@sthopepublicschools.org
Sacramento Charter High School Staff
9th Grade Team Members
Tayah Kirschermenn – tkirschenmann@sachigh.org
Erich Harp – eharp@sachigh.org.org
Julianne McElderry – jmcelderry@sthopepublicschools.org
Shad Selby – sselby@sthopepublicschools.org
10th Grade Team Members
Shobana Singh – ssingh@sthopepublicschools.org
Alexander Gonzalez – agonzalez@sthopepublicschools.org
Joaquin Lopez – jlopez@sthopepublicschools.org
Cristian Giovanny Alvarez Calderon – calvarezcalderon@sthopepublicschools.org
Prashant Kumar – pkumar@sachigh.org
Shunn Brown – sbrown@sthopepublicschools.org
11th Grade Team Members
Alayah Hodges – ahodges@sachigh.org
Jarritt Orlando – jorlando@sachigh.org
Alexander Gonzalez – agonzalez@sthopepublicschools.org
Cody Molla – cmolla@sthopepublicschools.org
Irene Hashimoto – ihashimoto_contractor@sthopepublicschools.org
Joy Maina – jmaina@sthopepublicschools.org
Jing Zhang – jzhang@sthopepublicschools.org
12th Grade Team Members
Justin Dunton – jdunton@sachigh.org
Joanne Jenkins – jjenkins@sachigh.org
Shobana Singh – ssingh@sthopepublicschools.org
Nofar Shoshany – nshoshany@sthopepublicschools.org
Joy Maina – jmaina@sthopepublicschools.org
Electives Team Members
Edward Boretz – eboretz@sachigh.org
Matthew Sheets – msheets@sthopepublicschools.org
Special Education/Inclusion Team Members
Sarah Trapp – strapp@sthopepublicschools.org
Yvonne Khanishian – ykhanishian@sachigh.org
Guillermo Leyva – gleyva@sthopepublicschools.org
Kamani House – khouse@sachigh.org
Administrative & Support Team Members
Christina Williams-James – cwilliams@sachigh.org
Erin Landi – elandi@sachigh.org
Destiny Isaac – disaac@sthopepublicschools.org
Ken Powell – kpowell@sthopepublicschools.org
Julian Dewberry – jdewberry@sachigh.org
Dom Palmer – dpalmer@sthopepublicschools.org
Ken Taylor – ken.taylor@sthopepublicschools.org
William Davis – wdavis@sachigh.org
Kimbbie Drayton – kdrayton@sachigh.org
Chandrea Melson – cmelson@sachigh.org
Morgan Blissett – mblissett@sachigh.org
Faye Lawrence – flawrence@sachigh.org
Laura Davis – ldavis@sachigh.org
Andrea Smith – andrea.smith@sachigh.org
Cherise Cotton-Jones – ccottonjones@sthopepublicschools.org
Mirna Reyna – mreyna@sachigh.org
Tanyale Chapman Christian – tchapman@sachigh.org
Eva Oberg – eoberg@sthopepublicschools.org
Tamra Doty – tdoty@sthopepublicschools.org