Leadership Contact Guidelines

  • We encourage all of our families to reach out to your school's leadership with any questions or issues.  Use this quick reference to know whom to contact:

    • Contact your scholar's teacher for questions regarding:

      • assignments and homework
      • discipline issues
      • grades

    • Contact your school's Director or Dean for any issues that are not resolved by first contacting your scholar's teacher.

    • Contact your school's Managing Director for any issues that are not resolved by your scholar's teacher or the school's Director.

    • Contact the school's main office with questions regarding:

      • car line
      • cafeteria or meal accounts
      • school uniforms
      • medical issues
      • general school polices or procedures
      • powerschool access or passwords

School Leadership Team

  • Directors

    Name Title Dept Email
    John Celestin Academic Director WilliaMiddle School Primary School jcelestin@uplifteducation.org
    Katie Gomez Academic Director WilliaMiddle School High School kgomez@uplifteducation.org
    Maricruz Loera Associate Operations Director Operations mLoera@uplifteducation.org
    Jeffrey Porter Academic Director WilliaMiddle School Middle School JefPorter@uplifteducation.org
    Kevin Valadez Operations Director Operations kvaladez@uplifteducation.org

    Deans

    Name Title Dept Email
    Abraham Akanmu HS Dean WilliaMiddle School High School AAkanmu@uplifteducation.org
    Eddie Castro MS Dean WilliaMiddle School Middle School ECastro@uplifteducation.org
    Jeanell Davis PS Dean WilliaMiddle School Primary School JeDavis@uplifteducation.org
    Sandra Moreno PS Dean WilliaMiddle School Primary School samoreno@uplifteducation.org
    Nicole Patterson Dean of College Prep WilliaMiddle School High School NPatterson@uplifteducation.org
    Jessica Staggs HS Dean WilliaMiddle School High School JStaggs@uplifteducation.org
    Ranchelle Wyatt MS Dean WilliaMiddle School Middle School RWyatt@uplifteducation.org

    Managing Directors

    Name School Email
    Mauricio Dominguez High School mdominguez@uplifteducation.org
    Mauricio Dominguez Middle School KenJackson@uplifteducation.org
    Roz McGinty Operations RMcGinty@uplifteducation.org
    Priscilla Parhms Primary School JefPorter@uplifteducation.org