Our Staff
Meet the team of La Escuelita. These hard working people help make up our community!
Saray Gamez
School Coordinator
Saray is from Costa Rica and came to the USA when she was sixteen years old. She's a mother of two precious children. Saray loves to work serving the community and is passionate about working with children, as she has done for several years now.
Anabel Berriozabal
Teacher
Anabel was born and raised in Mexico where she started to care for children of all ages and has continued for over 20 years. With four children of her own, including one with special needs, she has continued her education in child development. Anabel began working with La Escuelita in 2017.
Julie Estrada
Lead Teacher
Julie has served as a substitute Spanish teacher, childcare worker and room parent for several schools and organizations over the years. She received her Associate's Degree from Colegio Ciencias Comerciales, a college in Guatemala. Her true passion is working with children!
Summer Hammock
Assistant and Substitute
Summer has been with San Marcos for over a year. She has acted as a substitute teacher and teacher assistant for the school. The children love Summer as she is such a joyous and fun-loving person!
Carol Monaco
Weekly Community Reader
Ms. Carol has been a weekly volunteer at San Marcos for several years, even during virtual school, where she would lead Zoom meetings with the children. Whether it has been tutoring online or reading to the children in person, Ms. Carol has been dedicated not only to our students but students from other schools as well. She is a member of North Mecklenburg Woman's Club.
Perry Chapman
Weekly Volunteer & Tutor
Mr. Perry has been with Escuelita since 2020 as a weekly volunteer. Whether it's developing his own slideshows in order to tutor children, helping the students paint, installing playground equipment or teaching the kids how to play tennis - Mr. Perry truly does it all! Perry spent many years in Mexico and is fluent in Spanish.
Amber McFern
Assistant and Substitute
Ms. McFern recently joined La Escuelita!
Board of Directors
These are the dedicated men and women who oversee the vision, direction and organizational strategies of La Escuelita San Marcos:
Courtney Hammock, Board Chair
MTSS Coordinator, CMS
Peter Macon
President, Peter Macon & Assoc.
Lacy Hamilton, Treasurer
Retired, Duke Energy IT
Mike Tinsley
Architect, HDR
Judy Hill, Community Outreach
Retired, Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
Lennin Caro
Research Assistant, Camino Research Institute
Neferterra Estrada Best
Entrepreneur, CCO of PridePR, VP of Integrated Communications, CMRignite
Kathy Joan
Retired Teacher, Miami-Dade Co.
Ashley Lynn
Academic Advisor
Ex Oficio:
Rev. Father Garry Edwards, St. Mark's Episcopal Church