Our Protégés

The TALAS mentoring program is a two-year experience for a cohort of school administrators who desire to have a school superintendent or cabinet-level mentor not in their current school system or working chain of command. The program physically meets three times a year attached to the three TASA conferences for the purpose of networking and professional development around career building and successfully serving our students of color. The below list features the protégés of the current and past cohorts.

Cohort 9

Alma Gonzalez de Castillo Mentor: Dr. Stan Paz

Beth Newton Mentor: Dr. Celina Estrada-Thomas

Dr. Cynthia Guadalupe Webber Mentor: Dr. Robert Duron

Diana Pecorino Mentor: Dr. Veronica Vijil

Dr. Carmela Levy-David Mentor: Dr. Martha Salazar Zamora

Heather Alarcon Mentor: Mr. Ty Davidson

Jacob Nunez Mentor: Mr. Alejandro Gongora

Francisco Ramirez Mentor: Dr. Mark Ramirez

Reny Lizardo Mentor: Dr. Darryl Henson

Scott Masini Mentor: Dr. Cissy Perez

Cohort 8

Miguel Garcia III Mentor: Dr. Rick Fernandez

Bryan Hernandez Mentor: Dr. Ruben Alejandro

Yeni Ontiveros Mentor: Mr. Michael Cardona

David Pearce Mentor: Dr. Richard Lopez

Nicole Creek Mentor: Dr. Xochitl Rodriguez

Georgina Castilleja Mentor: Dr. Abelardo Saavedra

Jennifer Garcia Mentor: Dr. Martha Salazar-Zamora

Claudia Vasquez Mentor: Mr. Rene Sanchez

Tonya Kallfelz Mentor: Dr. Celina Estrada-Thomas

Nathan Balasubramanian Mentor: Dr. Michelle Cavazos

Sandra K. Cortez Mentor: Dr. Richard Carranza

Cohort 7

Alyssa Blanchette Alva Mentor: Dr. Richard Fernandez

Norma Castillo Mentor: Dr. Joe Rodriguez

Lori Davis Mentor: Dr. Lisa Ramirez

Yliana Gonzalez Mentor: Dr. Stan Paz

Keri Launius Mentor: Dr. Darryl Henson

Felix Lerma Mentor: Dr. Mark Ramirez

Eva Quinonez Mentor: Dr. Veronica Vijil

Juan Sandoval Mentor: Justin Fuentes

Cynthia Jaird Mentor: Dr. Xochitl Rodriguez

Cohort 6

Abigail Tarango Mentor: Dr. Stan Paz

Beatris Martinez Mentor: Rene Sanchez

Eileen Puente Mentor: Dr. Mark Ramirez

Filemón Aldama Mentor: Dr. Lucio Calzada

Lacye Matejowsky Mentor: Dr. Craig Shapiro

Linda García Mentor: Dr. Veronica Vijil

Leticia Vega Mentor: Dr. Martha Salazar-Zamora

Mechiel Rozas Mentor: Dr. Celina Estrada-Thomas

Ramona Morin Aguilar Mentor: Dr. Abelardo Saavedra

Victoria Sendejo Mentor: Dr. Richard Lopez

Stacy Garcia Mentor: Dr. Ruben Alejandro

Venus Valenta Mentor: Dr. Xochitl Rodriguez

Cohort 5

Sarah Schmerber Hodges Mentor: Dr. Martha Salazar-Zamora

Melissa Holguin

Lisa Walls Mentor: Dr. Michael Cardona

Michael J. Ruiz Mentor: Dr. Anthony Sorola

Neil Bonavita Mentor: Dr. Stan Paz

Denisha Jackson-Presley Mentor: Dr. Craig Shapiro

Join the program today!

To submit your application, follow one of the links below. You may also contact Lucio Calzada, our Director of Mentoring, at 512.695.6713 or lucalzada@aol.com.

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