Meet Our Team

Staff

Mayrin Bunyagidj

Instructional Technology Specialist

mbunyagidj@verticalcitiesasia.com

Melinda Christopherson

Finance & Development Director

melinda@cafamilyfoundation.org

Kathy Connolly

Alumni Director

kconnolly@verticalcitiesasia.com

Toni DeGraça

Lower Grade Teacher

tdegraca@verticalcitiesasia.com

Anna Dito

Academic Support Instructor

adito@verticalcitiesasia.com

Veronica Elias

Lower Grade Teacher

velias@verticalcitiesasia.com

Cassi Fitzsummons

Lower Grade Aide

cfitzsummons@verticalcitiesasia.com

Marta Franca

Resiliency Counselor

marta@acknowledgealliance.org

Angela Harrington

Performing Arts Teacher

aharrington@beechoodschool.org

Aylin Hernandez

Resiliency Counselor

aylin@acknowledgealliance.org

Lewis Hughes

Physical Education Teacher

lhughes@verticalcitiesasia.com

Isabel Jiménez

Office Manager

ijimenez@verticalcitiesasia.com

Kathryn Keshmiri

Lower Grade Teacher

kkeshmiri@verticalcitiesasia.com

Konstance Kirkendoll

Lower Grade Teacher

kkirkendoll@verticalcitiesasia.com

Maddy Langford

Middle School Teacher – Social Studies

mlangford@verticalcitiesasia.com

Pamela Langford

Art Teacher

plangford@verticalcitiesasia.com

John Laurance

Vice Principal & Lower Grade Teacher

jlaurance@verticalcitiesasia.com

Bruno Lopez

Maintenance

Maria Martinez

Transitional Kindergarten & Kindergarten Aide

mmartinez@verticalcitiesasia.com

Blienayni Meconnen

Academic Support Coordinator

bmeconnen@verticalcitiesasia.com

Airianna Murray

Lower Grade Teacher

amurray@verticalcitiesasia.com

Xiomara Nickings

Librarian & Volunteer Coordinator

xnickings@verticalcitiesasia.com

Katherine Pforzheimer

Lower Grade Teacher

kpforzheimer@verticalcitiesasia.com

Cortney Richardson

Resilience Consultant

cortney@acknowledgealliance.org

Devin Seth

Middle School Teacher – Science

dseth@verticalcitiesasia.com

Isabel Solis

Middle School Teacher – Math

isolis@verticalcitiesasia.com

Megan Tang

Assistant Principal & Academic Support Instructor

mtang@verticalcitiesasia.com

Priscilla H. Taylor

Principal

ptaylor@verticalcitiesasia.com

Hana Tello

Lower Grade Teacher

htello@verticalcitiesasia.com

Myriam Urias

Spanish Teacher

murias@verticalcitiesasia.com

Andrew Yao

Middle School Teacher – English Language Arts

ayao@verticalcitiesasia.com

Board Members

Brandon Drayton

Parent Representative; Advisory Board Member

Dick Jacobsen

Founder; Advisory Board Member

Erik Jacobsen

President; Advisory Board Member

Sue Jacobsen

Founder; Advisory Board Member

Lisa Pearson

Advisory Board Member