Experience: 
12 years teaching

Long Beach City College

California State University,
Long Beach

Mrs. Cyril Cruz
Principal

Favorite quote:
“Be who God made you to be and you will set the world on fire.”
– St. Catherine of Siena –

Experience: 
30+ years teaching

Chapman University

Franciscan University of Steubenville

Sr. Benedicta Marie
8th Grade

Favorite quote:
“Do not accept anything as Truth if it lacks Love,
and do not accept anything as Love if it lacks Truth.”
– St. Benedict of the Cross –

Experience: 
9 years teaching

Human Relations Institute

University of California,
Santa Barbara

Mr. Gary Page
Assistant Principal – 7th Grade

Favorite quote:
“Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.”
– G.K. Chesterton –

Experience: 
19 years teaching

California State University,
Dominguez Hills

University of Dallas

UCLA

Miss Leana Corral
6th Grade

Favorite quote:
“Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.”
– St. Teresa of Calcutta –

Experience: 
19 years teaching

University of California, Irvine

Cal Poly Pomona 

Sr. Anne Marie Valencia
5th Grade

Favorite quote:
“I represented to him my poverty, telling Him I was nothing more than a straw. And the Divine Master replied: ‘It is with straws I light the fire.'”
– Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew –

Experience: 
18 years teaching

University of Florida

University of Maryland

North Carolina A&T
State University 

Ms. Melinda DeVaughn
4th Grade

Favorite quote:
“Form a beautiful and rich tabernacle within your heart for Our Lord
and then do not let Him go. In that way, you will always have Him with you.”
– Venerable Mother Luisita –

Experience: 
1 year teaching

Franciscan University of Steubenville

Mrs. Lisa Tran
3rd Grade

Favorite quote:
“The glory of God is man fully alive.”
– St. Irenaeus –

Experience: 
1st year teaching

Franciscan University of Steubenville

Miss Briana Santana
2nd Grade

Favorite quote:
“Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God.
Do all that you do with love.”
– St. Therese of Lisieux –

Experience: 
12 years teaching

Thomas Aquinas College
Santa Paula, CA

Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA

Mrs. Mara Kora
1st Grade

Favorite quote:
“How sad it is when someone comes to you looking for Jesus
and all they see is you.”
– Mother Teresa –

Experience: 
4 years teaching

M.A., Elementary Education,
University of Phoenix

B.A.,
California State University,
San Bernardino

Miss Christina Ramirez
Kindergarten

Favorite quote:
“I understood that loves comprises all vocations – that love is everything and because it is eternal, embraces all times and places.”
– St. Therese of the Child Jesus –

Experience: 
6 years teaching

Barstow Community College

Dominican University of California

California State University,
Dominguez Hills

Miss Robles
Transitional Kindergarten

Favorite quote:
“Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things pass away. God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who has God finds he lacks nothing; God alone suffices.”
– St. Teresa of Avila –

Experience: 
36 years teaching

Arizona State University

Graduate Theological Union

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, Madrid

Southern California School
of Interpretation

Mr. Raybuck
Latin

Favorite quote:
“Cogito ergo sum.”
– Rene Descartes –

Experience: 
9 years teaching

Long Beach City College

California State University,
Dominguez Hills

Miss Christina Nguyen
Music

Favorite quote:
“Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.”
– St. Teresa of Calcutta –