Our full and part-time teacher/mentors are here to build relationships with youth, help them overcome obstacles and empower them to achieve success!

Program Staff

Adam Roybal Post Secondary Program Director aroybal@coloradouplift.org	Adrian Lucero Site Coordinator alucero@coloradouplift.org	Amanda Bacon Teacher-Mentor abacon@coloradouplift.org
Angelica Erosa de Perez Teacher-Mentor aperez@coloradouplift.org	Bernadette Torrez Teacher-Mentor btorrez@coloradouplift.org	Brittaney Robinson Site Coordinator brobinson@coloradouplift.org
Corina Cardenas Teacher-Mentor ccardenas@coloradouplift.org	David Ubaldo Site Coordinator dubaldo@coloradouplift.org	Estaban Swabacker Teacher-Mentor eswabacker@coloradouplift.org
Fabian Armenta Teacher-Mentor farmenta@coloradouplift.org	Frank Trujillo Teacher-Mentor ftrujillo@coloradouplift.org	Ignacia DaCunha-Neto Teacher-Mentor idacunhaneto@coloradouplift.org
Inez Robinson Teacher-Mentor irobinson@coloradouplift.org	Ivan Macias Teacher-Mentor imacias@coloradouplift.org	Jacqueline Granados Teacher-Mentor jgranados@coloradouplift.org
Jessica Lucero Teacher-Mentor jlucero@coloradouplift.org	Joel Walter Teacher-Mentor jwalter@coloradouplift.org	John Oliver Program Director joliver@coloradouplift.org
Kevin Byerley Model Replication Coordinator kbyerley@coloradouplift.org	Kurt Ogbewele Teacher-Mentor kogbewele@coloradouplift.org	Lemule Pulley Site Coordinator lpulley@coloradouplift.org
Lizzy Whittemore Teacher-Mentor lwhittemore@coloradouplift.org	Manuel Aragon Area Director maragon@coloradouplift.org	Michelle Burt Teacher-Mentor mburt@coloradouplift.org
Monique Jaramillo Site Coordinator mjaramillo@coloradouplift.org	Pablo Correa Site Coordinator pcorrea@coloradouplift.org	Pam Perea Area Director pperea@coloradouplift.org
"Q" Nellum Site Coordinator  qnellum@coloradouplift.org	Raymond Hobbs Teacher-Mentor rhobbs@coloradouplift.org	Reco Burt Teacher-Mentor rburt@coloradouplift.org
Rick Arthur Consultant/Teacher Evaluator rarthur@coloradouplift.org	Romo Pettis-Bowens Teacher-Mentor rpettisbowens@coloradouplift.org	Ross Curington Area Director rcurington@coloradouplift.org
Sheldon McGregor Teacher-Mentor smcgregor@coloradouplift.org	Sirena Rodriguez Teacher-Mentor srodriguez@coloradouplift.org	Sue Erickson Education Coordinator serickson@coloradouplift.org
Sue Scheeres Curriculum Developer sscheeres@coloradouplift.org	Teresa Warhola Teacher-Mentor twarhola@coloradouplift.org	Thais Kenser Teacher-Mentor tkenser@coloradouplift.org
Victor Nellum Area Director vnellum@coloradouplift.org	Vince Trujillo Site Coordinator vtrujillo@coloradouplift.org

Administrative Staff

Brian Stamer, Manager of Finance and Administration, bstamer@coloradouplift.org
Christie Ziegler, Director, Communications , cziegler@coloradouplift.org
David Dye, Chief Operating Officer, ddye@coloradouplift.org
Gena Burson, Assistant to the President and Senior Development Director,  
gburson@coloradouplift.org
J. Kent Hutcheson, Founder / President Emeritus, khutcheson@coloradouplift.org
Marisol Villagomez, Development Assistant, mvillagomez@coloradouplift.org
Mike Painter, President and CEO, mpainter@coloradouplift.org
Mike Riley, Vice President, Human Resources, mriley@coloradouplift.org
Morgan Bess, Development Coordinator, mbess@coloradouplift.org
Yessenia Villagomez, Administrative Specialist, yvillagomez@coloradouplift.org

All UpLift program staff work in Denver Public Schools, receive approximately 50 hours of training annually, and have adjunct teaching licenses from the Colorado Department of Education to teach the UpLift curriculum in schools.

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