Staff
Our full and part-time teacher/mentors are here to build relationships with youth, help them overcome obstacles and empower them to achieve success!
Gena Burson, Senior Development Director and Assistant to the President,
GBurson@ColoradoUpLift.org
Kevin Byerley, Model Replication Staff, KByerley@ColoradoUpLift.org
Yessenia Cole, Administrative Coordinator, YCole@ColoradoUpLift.org
Mike Painter, President and CEO, MPainter@ColoradoUpLift.org
Mike Riley, Vice President of Human Resources, MRiley@ColoradoUpLift.org
Brian Stamer, Manager of Finance and Administration, BStamer@ColoradoUpLift.org
Gabe Trujillo, Director of Education, GTrujillo@ColoradoUpLift.org
Marisol Villagomez, Development Coordinator, MVillagomez@ColoradoUpLift.org
Christie Ziegler, Director of Communications, CZiegler@ColoradoUpLift.org
All UpLift program staff work in Denver Public Schools, receive approximately 30-50 hours of training annually, and have adjunct teaching licenses from the Colorado Department of Education to teach the UpLift curriculum in schools.
For questions about employment, click here.
Program Staff (alpha order)
![]() Manuel Aragon Model Replication Staff MAragon@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Fabian Armenta Teacher-Mentor FArmenta@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Michelle Burt Teacher-Mentor MBurt@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Corina Cardenas Teacher-Mentor CCardenas@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Pablo Correa Site Coordinator PCorrea@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Ross Curington Area Director RCurington@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Inacia DaCunha-Neto Teacher-Mentor IDaCunhaNeto@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Sue Erickson Education Coordinator SErickson@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Angelica Erosa de Perez Teacher-Mentor APerez@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Rebecca Flores Teacher-Mentor RFlores@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Jacqueline Granados Teacher-Mentor JGranados@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Raymond Hobbs Teacher-Mentor RHobbs@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Monique Jaramillo Site Coordinator MJaramillo@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Thais Kenser Site Coordinator TKenser@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Adrian Lucero Site Coordinator ALucero@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Jessica Lucero Teacher-Mentor JLucero@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Josh Luna Teacher-Mentor JLuna@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Ivan Macias Teacher-Mentor IMacias@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Sheldon McGregor Teacher-Mentor SMcGregor@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() "Q" Nellum Site Coordinator QNellum@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Victor Nellum Area Director VNellum@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Trung Nguyen Adventure Director TNguyen@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() John Oliver Program Director JOliver@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Pam Perea Area Director PPerea@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Lemule Pulley Site Coordinator LPulley@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Brittaney Robinson Site Coordinator BRobinson@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Inez Robinson Teacher-Mentor IRobinson@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Sirena Rodriguez Teacher-Mentor SRodriguez@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Adam Roybal Post Secondary Director ARoybal@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Sue Scheeres Curriculum Developer SScheeres@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Everett Trujillo Teacher-Mentor ETrujillo@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Bernadette Torrez Teacher-Mentor BTorrez@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Frank Trujillo Teacher-Mentor FTrujillo@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Vince Trujillo Area Director VTrujillo@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() David Ubaldo Site Coordinator DUbaldo@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Joel Walter Teacher-Mentor JWalter@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Teresa Warhola Teacher-Mentor TWarhola@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Cory Wilson Teacher-Mentor CWilson@ColoradoUpLift.org |
![]() Audis Woodard Teacher-Mentor AWoodard@ColoradoUpLift.org |
Administrative Staff (alpha order):
Morgan Bess, Marketing and Development Coordinator, MBess@ColoradoUpLift.orgGena Burson, Senior Development Director and Assistant to the President,
GBurson@ColoradoUpLift.org
Kevin Byerley, Model Replication Staff, KByerley@ColoradoUpLift.org
Yessenia Cole, Administrative Coordinator, YCole@ColoradoUpLift.org
Mike Painter, President and CEO, MPainter@ColoradoUpLift.org
Mike Riley, Vice President of Human Resources, MRiley@ColoradoUpLift.org
Brian Stamer, Manager of Finance and Administration, BStamer@ColoradoUpLift.org
Gabe Trujillo, Director of Education, GTrujillo@ColoradoUpLift.org
Marisol Villagomez, Development Coordinator, MVillagomez@ColoradoUpLift.org
Christie Ziegler, Director of Communications, CZiegler@ColoradoUpLift.org
All UpLift program staff work in Denver Public Schools, receive approximately 30-50 hours of training annually, and have adjunct teaching licenses from the Colorado Department of Education to teach the UpLift curriculum in schools.
For questions about employment, click here.







































