Faculty and Staff
Meet our dedicated team
Among KLA Academy’s faculty are teachers with backgrounds in early childhood and K-12 education, as well as additional credentials in visual and performing arts, health and fitness, mental health, speech and language pathology and many more fields and disciplines. This well-rounded approach enables us to provide an inimitable educational experience, tailored to the learning process of each child in our care.
Our dedicated support staff employees help the school function on a day-to-day basis, performing vital behind-the-scenes tasks, operations, cleaning and maintaining our campus, and assisting teachers. We could not do this without them!
Preschool

Carolin Acosta
Pre-K4 Teacher

Raquel Acosta
Pre-K2 Teacher Assistant

Vanessa Alomia
Pre-K2 Teacher

Valentina Alvarez
Nido Teacher

Avon Arnold
PreK-3 Teacher

Kenia Avila
Pre-K2 Teacher Assistant

Maite Barrientos
Baby Nido Teacher

Jessarlin Castillo
Pre-K2 Teacher

Rocio Castro Olivera
Pre-K3 Teacher Assistant

Ines Cilley
Pre-K3 Teacher

Paola Colon
Pre-K2 Teacher

Irene Correa
Pre-K3 Teacher

Blanca Herrera
Baby Nido Teacher Assistant

Sofi Jaramillo
Pre-K3 Teacher Assistant

Mirtha Lainfiesta
Pre-K3 Teacher

Katia Lerma
Pre-K4 Teacher

Amanda Martinez
Nido Teacher

Daniela Mendez
Pre-K2 Teacher Assistant

Tany Montero
Nido Teacher Assistant

Daiana Morales
Pre-K4 Teacher

Raquel Moreno
Pre-K3 Teacher

Renata Oneto
Pre-K2 Teacher

Edna Orange
Baby Nido Teacher Assistant

Michelle Paredes
Nido Teacher Assistant

Maritza Perez
Preschool Teacher Assistant

Alejandra Rey
Nido Teacher

Maritza Riveron
Baby Nido Teacher Assistant

Gabriela Saquelli
Nido Teacher Assistant

Gilda Smith
Nido Teacher

Faith Sosa
Pre-K3 Teacher Assistant

Lil Suarez
Baby Nido Teacher

Maria Clara Suffredini
Pre-K2 Teacher

Maria Victoria
Pre-K4 Teacher

Ines Vilaseca
Pre-K4 Teacher

Claudia Vinueza
PreK-2 Teacher

Shannon Williams
Nido Teacher

Samantha Willis
PreK-3 Teacher
Elementary

Consuelo Batlle
5th Grade Teacher

Gianna Bisbe
3rd Grade Teacher

Amy Crehore
5th Grade Teacher

Allison De Leo
4th Grade Teacher

Ana Delgado
2nd Grade Teacher

Martha Diaz
1st Grade Teacher

Estelle Gonzalez
1st Grade Teacher

Fanny Ingram-Taveras
1st Grade Teacher

Irene Macias
3rd Grade Teacher

Darlyn Martinez
2nd Grade Teacher

Lizeth Munoz
1st Grade Teacher

Samantha Orellana
Kindergarten Teacher

Ana Patton
4th Grade Teacher

Felicia Sandino
2nd Grade Teacher

Pricilla Saquil
2nd Grade Teacher

Victoria Sola
Kindergarten Teacher

Iliana Zelaya
Kindergarten Teacher
Enrichment

Dabisson Bolano
Karate Teacher

Marta Ciudad
Spanish Teacher

Josefina Concha
Spanish Teacher

Betsy Consuegra
Music Teacher, Elementary

Christian Deynes
PE Coach

Alejandra Gotera
Atelierista, Elementary

Alexandra Keys
Technology Teacher, Elementary

Agustina Lopez
Atelierista, Preschool

Arturo Martinez
PE Coach

Carolina Melendez
Music Teacher, Preschool

Genessys Villalba
Director of Athletics & Wellness
KLA Plus

Raquel Acosta
After Care Teacher

Diana Albornoz
After Care Teacher

Aisha Auplan
After Care Teacher

Kenia Avila
After Care Teacher

Paloma Castro Olivera
After Care Teacher

Keila Cedeno
After Care Teacher

Carla Coudray
After Care Teacher

Asha Crichton
After Care Teacher

Muriel Delgado
After Care Teacher

Paula Fernandez
After Care Teacher

Hilda Garcia
After Care Teacher

Claudia Gomez
Assistant Director of KLA Plus
Isabella Hernandez
After Care Teacher

Blanca Herrera
Aftercare Teacher

Amira Lopez
Aftercare Teacher

Edna Orange
After Care Teacher

Kim Paulsen
After Care Teacher

Maritza Riveron
After Care Teacher

Nati Sotero
After Care Teacher

Marlene Tavarez
After Care Teacher

Manuela Zapata
After Care Teacher
Staff
Leadership

Veronica Alter
Director of KLA Plus

Julie Brooks
Head of School

Male Castro
Upper Elementary Director

Johanna Earl
Preschool Director

Flavia Nelson
Associate of Director of Enrollment Management & Marketing

Brittany Nieves
Director of Enrollment management

Candelaria (Candy) Ortega
Founding Director

Roberto Ortega
President & CEO

Daniela Ospina
Business Officer

Daniel Pereira
Director of Facilities

Hazel Reyes
Pedagogical Coordinator

Angie Rodriguez
Lower Elementary Director