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Ruben Orona joined the vibrant LPS Richmond community as Dean of Students on September 10, 2021. Ruben, a proud Chicano, was born and raised in Oakland, California with parents from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. He is passionate about serving students, families and colleagues by advocating for educational equity and a holistic approach to support services. Furthermore, Ruben holds a strong belief in cultural humility, critical consciousness, socio-emotional learning and restorative practices as catalysts to disrupt the status quo. Mr. Orona’s professional career has roots in Counseling at both Bret Harte Middle School & Fremont High School, Substitute teaching in the Oakland Unified School District, Academic and Career mentoring for the Latino Men and Boys program, and pioneering statewide youth participatory action research (YPAR) to improve health outcomes in communities that experience food deserts. Mr. Orona holds a Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC), an M.S. in Counseling with the specialization in School Counseling, and a B.A. in Latino/a Studies from San Francisco State University (SFSU).
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School Manager
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Office Assistant
Alex Morales graduated in 2011 from Salesian College Prep in Richmond. She was born in El Paso, Texas and was raised in the Richmond/San Pablo area. She attended Laney College’s Cosmetology program. In her spare time, she loves learning new things and enjoys music, the beauty industry, family time, and especially making memories with her little girl. Ms. Morales looks forward to this new experience as an LPS office assistant.
Attendance & Enrollment Liaison
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Instructional Assistant
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College Counselor
Mrs. Angelina Sanchez is from Guadalajara, Mexico and was raised in Richmond since elementary school. She is an LPS alumna, class of 2010. She has worked as a College Counselor for LPS Richmond since 2016. She earned her B.A. In Sociology/Latin America and Latino Studies from U.C. Santa Cruz. She earned her M.A. in School School Counseling from Saint Mary’s College of California. Mrs. Sanchez enjoys cooking, being outdoors and has recently gained interest in baking. She loves working with the remarkable students of LPS-Richmond.
Special Education Instructional Assistant
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Wellness Counselor
Joshua, known by staff and students as “JJ”, was born and raised in East Oakland, Ca. As an Oakland resident for the majority of his life, he attended high school and college in Oakland as well. JJ received his Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and an Applied Sport Performance Psychology certificate from Holy Names University. JJ has worked with youth since he was a teenager himself and enjoys working with them because he loves to see the progress that each youth makes as they navigate what it’s like to work towards their goals as a young person. JJ enjoys the LPS Richmond community because it is a close knit community that supports and cares for one another in multiple ways. JJ enjoys watching football and basketball (Go Warriors & Raiders) and even enjoys playing basketball himself, as he is a former collegiate athlete. Go PUMAS!
College Counselor
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Career & Community Leadership Coordinator
SPED Instrucrtional Assistant
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Education Specialist
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Special Education Instructional Assistant
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Wellness Counselor
Ronald Tobar joined LPS Richmond in 2015 as an intern while completing his counseling masters program at CSU East Bay. Prior to earning a masters, Mr. Tobar who is a lifelong San Pablo Resident, attended Downer, Helms, Richmond High and Contra Costa College as part of his educational path.
Being a bilingual Hispanic male, Mr. Tobar experienced and acknowledges the difficultly and amount of pressure students from Richmond carry in attending and accomplishing school. Because of this, Mr. Tobar is eager to support, guide and motivate ALL students at LPS Richmond to succeed academically/personally and overcome difficulties.
On his spare time, Mr. Tobar enjoys eating pizza, playing video games, listening to music, watching sports and traveling.
Manager of Family Engagement & Community Partnerships
Yasmine attended and graduated from Berkeley High School, attended and completed the Legal and Community Interpreting Program at Laney Community College and is currently working to complete her degree in Psychology.
Yasmine has been working in education, specifically in Charter Schools for the past 10 years and loves the interaction and connection one has with youth and families. Yasmine has been a part of the LPS Network for the past 5 years, started at LPS Oakland as their Attendance Liaison and is currently the School Manager at LPS Richmond.
Wellness Counselor
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Education Specialist
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Chemistry Teacher
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Spanish Teacher
Alondra Reyes-Avalos was born in West Covina, Ca and moved to Richmond, Ca in 2008. She was the first person to graduate from a university and graduated from UC Merced in 2021 and received her masters in education in 2022. She graduated from LPS in 2016 and is happy to be back to work for the community she grew up in.
Art Teacher
Alyssa Casey is thrilled to be the interim Visual Arts Teacher for the fall semester, 2018. A graduate of UC Berkeley’s Fine Art Department (with a double major in Biology and a minor in Geography), Ms. Casey is fascinated by handmade paper, travel, languages, teaching, and the sciences. Having grown up in Modesto, California (Beyer High School Class of 1998), Ms. Casey has traveled the world painting murals, making public sculptures, studying with handmade paper masters in Spain, Italy, Brazil and New York and tutoring in art and science since 2004. Ms. Casey feels incredibly fortunate for the opportunity to share her knowledge and experience in the arts with this years’ LPS Visual Artists and to learn about and create space for their own artistic visions.
Check out some of Ms. Casey’s art at: www.alyssacasey.com
English/ELD Teacher
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Biology Teacher
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Social Science Teacher
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Chemistry Teacher
This is Ms. B’s 6th year at LPS. She is the Chemistry and AP Biology teacher, and additionally supports the science department in instructional coaching. She majored in Biology at Stanford and received her masters in education from LMU. In her free time, she enjoys coaching the cross country team, seeing her family and friends, and resting.
History Teacher
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Spanish Teacher
Jessica graduated from LPS Richmond in 2009 and has been working there since she graduated from college. She grew up in Richmond and is the oldest of four siblings, they all attended and graduated from LPS Richmond. Ms. Lopez is a first generation college graduate from Santa Clara University where she received a B.A. with a double major in Spanish and Communications. After college she decided to return to LPS to help her community. She is the Summer Program Coordinator and her role is to support students find, apply and participate in a summer program. Students in the past have participated in the following programs; backpacking, camping, traveling to another country, and internships. She is excited to help students participate in a program and see how it has impacted them in a positive way. When she is not at LPS working, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
Math Teacher
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Mathematics Teacher
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Physics Teacher
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Math Teacher
Silvana Valle was born in Lima, Peru and immigrated to the U.S. when she was 4-years-old. Silvana was raised in San Jose, CA for most of her life, but finished high school in Redwood City, CA. She then went off to UC Berkeley for college (Go Bears!) and has been residing in the East Bay ever since.
In June of 2021, Silvana earned her Master’s in Education and a teaching credential from Alder Graduate School of Education, while doing her teacher residency at a school in East Oakland. All she has ever known is the Bay, so she is thrilled to be serving the Richmond community as a Math Teacher. Outside of teaching, Silvana enjoys hiking new trails, reading a good book, and binging her favorite TV shows.
Math Teacher
Sophia Thomas got her college education in Jamaica at the University of the West indies Mona where she majored in math education. She taught high school math in Jamaica for 13 years before migrating to California in the year 2007.
Ms. Thomas is currently a 9th grade Math teacher and course facilitator for the Navigate math course for the LPS Network. She has been instrumental in piloting exit ticket and Gooru in the LPS network.
This year Ms. Thomas was one of the nominees for Edfund teacher excellence award in West Contra Costa. She was also awarded the CUE “blended learning and online educator” of the year ” for the transformative work done to pilot learning list into the math classroom, a student self directed curriculum for a 9th grade math intervention course aimed at accelerating students who start high school below grade level.”
In her spare time she loves listening to music, exploring the outdoors, and watching her daughter’s art evolve in her journey to becoming an animator and graphic designer.
Performing Arts Teacher
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Health & Fitness Teacher
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Food Service
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Tech Coordinator
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Site Substitute
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Campus Safety Supervisor
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