Staff and Advisory Board
Advisory Board
Samantha Sherman
Board Chair, Alumni Engagement, Teacher, Coached by Hei Yin
Patricia Barraza
Alumni Engagement, Denman Beacon Director
Michael Essien
Executive Director of Community Schools Alameda County Office of Education, Former Principal, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Middle School
The Organization
Non-Profit Staff:
Belinda Bellinger, Executive Director
Chevy Kee, Intern
Cristina Gonzalez, Office Manager
Joseph Santos Duhart, Intern
Meili Rubio, Interns Program Manager, June Jordan School for Equity
Matthew Robin, IT
SFUSD Peer Resources Staff/Teacher-Coordinators:
Aimee Riechel, Mission High School
Amelia Bjorkland, Balboa High School
Betty Flores, Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 Community School
Esther Flores, Lowell High School
Gary Cruz, Everett Middle School
Jackie Alarcon, Galileo Academy of Science and Technology
Jade Rivera, June Jordan School for Equity
Morgan Wallace, Abraham Lincoln High School
Oscar Cardenas, Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School
Raina Meyers, Galileo Academy of Science and Technology
Ryan Hightower, The Academy San Francisco @ McAteer
Sarah Brant, Teaching Residency Coach-Program Manager-Teacher/TSA
Sarah Jones, Presidio Middle School
Tamar Sberlo, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Middle School
Theo Nishimura, June Jordan School for Equity, Student Success Coach
