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

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.