Jafer Martin is from Phoenix and has degrees from ASU, a BA in Linguistics and an M.Ed in Education. He has been teaching for 10 years in English and Mathematics. He has taught both middle school, high school and gifted. He has two daughters that live in Washington and Minnesota. Contact me at jef@tisataos.org
Continue ReadingBorn and raised in Texas, Jodi has taught in public and private schools and worked with students from pre-K to 8th grade in many capacities, but most often as a classroom teacher. Jodi graduated from Texas A&M University and began teaching right away in the school districts of Pearland and Plano. She left the world of teaching and began working in the corporate world, the spiritual and healing world, and spent time being a mom to her daughter, now in 5th grade. Moving from Texas, to St. Louis, and finally to New Mexico in 2014 when she began working at […]
Continue ReadingGina Gargone is pleased to be part of the TISA family as the middle school science teacher. In previous years Gina worked with TISA teaching theater to grades K-8. Gina has always had a love for the outdoors and the natural world. She has a bachelor’s in theater with a background in Marine Biology and Botany. Gina brings her extreme enthusiasm, love of the scientific method (experiment and document!), and her understanding of the importance of integrating the arts with all learning disciplines into the classroom with her every day. Parents and students alike are encouraged to reach out to her at gina@tisataos.org. Contact me at: gina@tisataos.org
Continue ReadingRaised in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon, Sally earned a BA in Education from Prescott College, graduated with honors from the University of Northern Colorado with a MA in Special Education, & acquired Level III NM teaching licenses in K-8 elementary educcation & preK-12 special education, with endorsements in TESOL/gifted education. Sally spent time as a SPED teacher with Questa HS, worked in an Appalachian school facility for adjudicated teens, served as an English teacher in China, volunteered in England, led elephants/cooked on jungle treks in Thailand, operated a home-based pottery business, and spent countless hours astride a horse, working […]
Continue ReadingLinda was born and raised in Lebanon, Egypt and Iran. Her mother’s family is from south Texas in the Rio Grande Valley and her father is Japanese Canadian from British Columbia. They met in Illinois and were sent overseas to Iran in 1945. Her father was a Presbyterian minister with the World Council of Churches in the Middle East from 1945-1980. In 1975, Linda graduated from Tehran Community School, an international school serving grades K-12th grades. Linda attended Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, majoring in English literature and education. After graduation, she moved out to New Mexico in […]
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