TEACHERS

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Kadi Bertrand
8th grade Science Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Bertrand graduated from UMass Lowell and will graduate from Boston University in 2012. She is in her second year of teaching at KIPP Lynn through Teach for America.

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Cailly Carroll
5th grade Learning Specialist - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Carroll grew up in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She is entering her first year teaching at KIPP Lynn through Teach for America after spending a year working in finance.

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Alicia Coneys
5th grade SS/ELA Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Coneys grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Brown University. She is entering her first year teaching at KIPP Lynn, after spending the past year as a tutor at MATCH Middle School.

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Arusha DePeiza Saldenha
5th grade Math Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. DePeiza Saldenha grew up in Roxbury, MA and graduated from Barnard College. She is in her second year teaching at KIPP Lynn.

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Ben Desmond
6th grade Math Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Mr. Desmond grew up in Ann Arbor, MI and graduated from Colby College in 2011. He is entering his first year teaching at KIPP Lynn through Teach for America.

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Chelsey Gilbert
Learning Specialist - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Gilbert grew up in Windham, ME and graduated from Endicott College in 2004. She is entering her 2nd year of teaching at KIPP Lynn.

Gaby Gonzalez del Real
7th/8th grade Writing Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. GDR grew up in Albuquerque, NM and graduated from Claremont McKenna College. She is new to KIPP Lynn this year, after spending a year tutoring at MATCH Middle School in Boston.

Katie Good
7th grade Math Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Good grew up in Farmington, CT and graduated from Duke University. She is entering her 3rd year of teaching at KIPP Lynn.

Hannah Gursky
6th grade ELA Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Gursky grew up in Princeton, NJ and graduated from Cornell University. She is in her second year teaching at KIPP Lynn, and previously worked as a tutor at the MATCH Middle School in Boston.

Eveleen Hsu
5th grade ELA Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Hsu grew up in Newton, MA. She graduated from Harvard University, and then from Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master’s in Education. She has been teaching for four years, and with KIPP Lynn for three.

Lauren Leonardo
7th grade Social Studies Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Leonardo graduated from Providence College, and Boston University with a Master’s in Education. This is her 4th year at KIPP Lynn.

Manny Lopez
Physical Education Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Mr. Lopez grew up in The Bronx and attended KIPP Academy in NYC. He is in his second year of teaching at KIPP Lynn.

Beth McPhail
6th grade Social Studies Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. McPhail grew up in Houston, TX and graduated from Trinity University in 2003. She is entering her 8th year teaching.

Ebony Moses
7th grade Reading Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Moses grew up in Newark, NJ and graduated from Boston College in 2010. She comes to KIPP Lynn through the Donovan Urban Teaching Scholars program at Boston College where she got her Master’s of Education in Secondary English Education and taught at Media Communication Technology High School in West Roxbury, MA.

Jessica Nakajima
6th grade Science teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Nakajima grew up in Louisville, KY and graduated from Saint Louis University in 2010. She is entering her 2nd year of teaching at KIPP Lynn.

Damian Ramsey
7th grade Learning Specialist, Boys’ Basketball Coach & Director of Curriculum for Rites of Passage - KIPP Academy Lynn
Mr. Ramsey grew up in the Main South area of Worcester, MA. He graduated from Brown University, and the University of Pennsylvania with a Master’s in Social Work. He is entering his 3rd year teaching at KAL.

Melissa Savage
5th grade Science Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Savage grew up in Eau Claire, WI and graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. She is entering her second year teaching at KIPP Lynn.

Kaya Schmandt
7th grade Science Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Schmandt grew up in the Boston area and graduated from Brown University. She is entering her first year teaching at KIPP Lynn, after studying plant biology and working as a tutor at MATCH Middle School in Boston.

Jessica Stechmann
8th grade Reading Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Stechmann grew up in New Orleans, LA. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame, and Simmons College with an M.A.T. She is in her 5th year of teaching, and her 2nd year at KIPP Lynn.

Tiffany Syariff
ESL Specialist - KIPP Academy Lynn
Ms. Syariff grew up in Santa Ana, CA and graduated from Northeastern University. She is in her first year of teaching and comes to KIPP Lynn through Teach for America.

Nicholas Traicoff
6th grade Learning Specialist - KIPP Academy Lynn
Mr. Traicoff grew up in Beverly, MA and graduated from the College of the Holy Cross. He is in his first year teaching and comes to KIPP Lynn through Teach for America.

Nick VanDerwerken
6th grade Writing Teacher - KIPP Academy Lynn
Mr. VanDerwerken grew up in Rockport, MA and graduated from the University of Rochester. He joined Teach for America and taught at CIS 303: The Leadership and Community Service Academy in the Bronx. He earned a Master’s Degree in the Science of Education from Pace University during his time with TFA.