Our Faculty, Staff, and Administration

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Elementary School Staff

Ms. Calista Dunn
Preschool Director
cdunn@csdo.org

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Mrs. Rowena McCarthy
Preschool Teacher
rmccarthy@csdo.org

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Mrs. Maria Mejia
Preschool Teacher
mmejia@csdo.org

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Mrs. Xoshilt Sutherlin
Kindergarten / 1st Grade Teacher
xsutherlin@csdo.org

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Mrs. Grace Gedeon
2nd Grade / 3rd Grade Teacher
ggedeon@csdo.org

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Mr. Miguel Calderon
4th Grade / 5th Grade Teacher
mcalderon@csdo.org

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Middle School Staff

Mr. Connor Banks
6th Grade / 7th Grade Teacher
cbanks@csdo.org

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Ms. Angelia Ybarra
8th Grade Teacher
aybarra@csdo.org

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Enrichment Staff

Mr. Kreg “Coach K” Zaragoza
Physical Education Teacher
kzaragoza@csdo.org

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Support Staff

Ms. Paola Cortes
Kindergarten / 1st Grade
Instructional Assistant
pcortes@csdo.org

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Mrs. Lisa Yeager
2nd Grade / 3rd Grade
Instructional Assistant
lyeager@csdo.org

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Ms. Majalyne Paguio
Instructional Assistant
mpaguio@csdo.org

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Ms. Gina Ryan
Instructional Assistant
gryan@cdso.org

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Administration

Father Thuong Nguyen
Parochial Administrator

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Mr, Brian Swanson
Principal
bswanson@csdo.org

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Mrs. Grace Gedeon
Co-Vice Principal
ggedeon@csdo.org

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Ms. Angelica Ybarra
Co-Vice Principal
aybarra@csdo.org

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Ms. Tiara Turner
Office Secretary
office@stdavidschool.org

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Mr. Brandon Wilkens
Facilities Manager
bwilkens@csdo.org

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Ms. Yesenia Zavala
Willows Director
ynajarramirez@csdo.org