Meet the team, committed to empowering students and fostering growth.

We build our students brick by brick; equipping them with the academic, social, and emotional skills that they need to become critical thinkers, problem solvers, overcomers, and leaders in their communities.

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PAVE Leadership Team

Dr. Marsha Gadsden

Executive Director

Michelle Cook

Elementary School Principal

Brenda Smith

Middle School Principal

Meg Brown

Director of Operations

Margaret Bates Hunt

K-8 Dean of Student Support Services

Racquel Saran

Director of HR and Talent Acquisition

Becky Marder-Reifer

K-2nd Grade Academic Dean

Bilig Bayar

3rd-4th Grade Academic Dean

Luis Tejada

Elementary School Dean of Students

Andrea Magaña

Middle School Dean of STEM

Tavian Ranger

Middle School Dean of Humanities

Andrea Edwards

Middle School Dean of Students

Wilki Crispin

Director of Afterschool

PAVE Elementary School Teachers and Staff

Denisse Abreu

Elementary School Teacher

Angelica Alvarado

Elementary School Teacher

Shanell Burrowes

Elementary School Teacher

Janikki Caines

Elementary School Teacher

Christine Enubuzor

Elementary School Teacher

Crystal Fernandez

Elementary School Teacher

Doris Galarza

Elementary School Teacher

Kaiya Hayes-Stevens

Elementary School Teacher

Royal Isaac

Elementary School Teacher

Marlaina James

Elementary School Teacher

MacKenzie Jimenez

Elementary School Intervention Specialist

Daniel Licker

Elementary School Teacher

Caroline Ogega

Elementary School Teacher

Tijse Pediford

Elementary School Teacher

Chris Price

Elementary School Teacher

Christa Prince

Elementary School Teacher

Ashley Pusey

Elementary School Teacher

Amanda Rodriguez

Elementary School Social Worker

Destini Roofe

Elementary School Teacher

Brianna Sison-Gilmore 

Elementary School Teacher

Ruby Stern

Elementary School Teacher

Despina Tsafos

Elementary School Teacher

Johanna Umpierre

Elementary School Teacher

Garrace Whyte

Elementary School Teacher

PAVE Middle School Teachers and Staff

Akira Armstrong

Middle School Teacher

Ebone Blake

Middle School Teacher

Taliyah Brisco

Middle School Teacher

Wenney Cassagnol

Middle School Teacher

Kimberly Casso

Middle School Teacher

Noelle Cuvilly

Middle School Teacher

Gregory Dries

Middle School Teacher

Benjamin Eversley

High School Placement Coordinator

Destiny Fowler

Middle School Teacher

Annissa Francis

Middle School Teacher

Destinee Geffrard

Middle School Teacher

Jamel Green

Middle School Teacher

Jonah Greenawalt

Middle School Teacher

Owen Herbert

Middle School Teacher

Susan Lee Chee

Middle School Teacher

Joel Martinez

Middle School Teacher

Alicia McClellan

Middle School Teacher

Connor Middlebrook

Middle School Teacher

Gaspard Moise

Middle School Teacher

Cynnamon Moore

Middle School Teacher

Ebonie Penado

Middle School Teacher

Rabeya Rahman

Middle School Teacher

Mark Riabov

Middle School Teacher

Carmen Rodriguez

Middle School Social Worker

John Russo

Middle School Teacher

Anthony Venzen

Middle School Teacher

Anthony Webber

Middle School Teacher

PAVE Operations and K-8 Staff

Jake Blandi

ENL Teacher

Ynaurys Castillo

Operations Manager

Miguel Olivares

Family and Community Engagement Coordinator

Soo Jin Jeon

ENL Coordinator

Amilta Perez

Office Manager

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