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Meet The Team

Christopher Rutz

Head of School

crutz@ventureca.org

Kristin Fery

Elementary Principal

kfery@ventureca.org

Lauren Maslyar

Middle School Principal

lmaslyar@ventureca.org

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Wendy Ramirez

Early Education Director

wramirez@ventureca.org

Shelene Booker

Music Teacher and Performing Arts Director

sbooker@ventureca.org

Michelle Castaneda

Second Grade Teacher

mcastaneda@ventureca.org

Norman Chang

Instructional Aide, Second Grade Aide

nchang@ventureca.org

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Denise Chester

Educational Care Program Director

dchester@ventureca.org

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Bethany Clemons

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

bclemons@ventureca.org

Lyn Cussary

Teachers Aide

lcussary@ventureca.org

Danielle Dequine

Social Studies Teacher

ddequine@ventureca.org

Lisa Downey

Admissions Director

ldowney@ventureca.org

Linda Evans

Art Teacher

levans@ventureca.org

Jackie Fahrner

Director of STEM Education

jfahrner@ventureca.org

Jenny Felberg

Kindergarten Teacher

jfelberg@ventureca.org

Makepa Fojas

Instructional Aide

mfojas@ventureca.org

Cassandra Gallego

cgallego@ventureca.org

Stephanie Gamble

First Grade Teacher

sgamble@ventureca.org

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Ashley Jacobs

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

ajacobs@ventureca.org

Selene Johnson

Office Assistant

sjohnson@ventureca.org

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Michelle Kim

Fifth Grade Teacher

mkim@ventureca.org

Kayla Khangaldy

ESS Staff

kkhangaldy@ventureca.org

Eric Lamb

Science Teacher

elamb@ventureca.org

Bella Lazar

Middle School Teacher

blazar@ventureca.org

Noel Ledesma

Registrar and Communications Director

nledesma@ventureca.org

Kate Lundy

First Grade Teacher

klundy@ventureca.org

Leticia Martinez

Preschool Teacher

lmartinez@ventureca.org

Rebekah Miao

Pre-Kindergarten Aide

rmiao@ventureca.org

Nyssa Nunez

nnunez@ventureca.org

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Theresa Paulson

Office Manager and ESS Coordinator

tpaulson@ventureca.org

Ann Pin

First Grade Teacher

apin@ventureca.org

Victoria Pon

Third Grade Teacher

vpon@ventureca.org

Cynthia Porter

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

cporter@ventureca.org

Diane Price

Instructional Aide

dprice@ventureca.org

Alyssa Ramirez

Preschool Teacher

aramirez@ventureca.org

Kristan Rutz

Instructional Aide

krutz@ventureca.org

Rosalba Sokhanvari

Spanish Teacher

rsokhanvari@ventureca.org

Rosalina Soli

Fourth Grade Teacher

rsoli@ventureca.org

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Catherine Scott

Third Grade Teacher

cscott@ventureca.org

Robert Starke

Middle School Teacher

rstarke@ventureca.org

Wendy Stanton

Middle School English Teacher

wstanton@ventureca.org

Shelby Stewart

Instructional Aide

sstewart@ventureca.org

Andrea Taormina

Fifth Grade Teacher

ataormina@ventureca.org

Moni Tautu

PE & STEM Teacher

mtautu@ventureca.org

Lisa Tencati

Instructional Aide

ltencati@ventureca.org

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Erin Toombs

Instructional Aide

etoombs@ventureca.org

Ellen Ward

Elementary PE Teacher

Tingru Yin

Fourth Grade Teacher

tyin@ventureca.org

Lisa Xu

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

lxu@ventureca.org