Administration and Staff

Principal’s Office

• Georgia Ann Lazo
  Principal
  glazo@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1557
• Renata Gusmão-García Williams
  Assistant Principal
  rwilliams@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1557
• Shelley Brown
  Director, Finance & Operations
  sbrown@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-4731
• Juan Pablo Gómez
  Operations Manager
  jgomez@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1557

Admissions

• Lori Gray
  Director
  lgray@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 206-2138
• Ruby Marrufo
  Assistant
  rmarrufo@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1801

Business

• Talia Medina
  Business Office Manager
  tmedina@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1801
• Catherine Santos Weems
  Administrative Specialist
  cweems@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1801

Communications

• Laura Weishaupt
  Director
  lweishaupt@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1649

Development and Alumni Relations

• Julia Howe
  Director
  jhowe@support.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1996
• Alyna Carter
  Assistant Director of Development
  acarter@support.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1996

Enrichment Program

• Sylvia Vallejo
  Program Coordinator
  svallejo@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 267-4586

Extended Day Program

• Marie Parks
  Director
  mparks@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 206-5194
• Maria Avalos
  Teacher
  mavalos@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 206-5194
• Margie Limon
  Teacher
  mlimon@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 206-5194
• Debi Magdaleno
  Teacher
  dmagdaleno@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 206-5194
• George Parks
  Teacher
  gparks@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 206-5194

Financial Services

• Ileana Barberena
  Administrative Specialist
  ibarberena@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 206-1135

Front Desk

• Ruby Marrufo
  rmarrufo@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1801

Health Services / Nurse

• Jennifer Quintanilla
  Nurse Assistant
  jquintanilla@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 206-0142 or (310) 825-1801

Library

• Judith Kantor
  Demonstration Teacher Librarian
  jkantor@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-4928

Middle School Transition Process

• Lori Gray
  Director
  lgray@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 206-2138

Outreach

• Sylvia Gentile
  Outreach Specialist, Inquiry
  sgentile@labschool.ucla.edu
• Rebecca Heneise
  Outreach Specialist, Dual Language Immersion
  rheneise@labschool.ucla.edu
• Kim Morchower
  Outreach Specialist, Math/CGI
  kmorchower@labschool.ucla.edu
• Joyce Friedman
  Balanced Literacy Specialist
  jfriedman@labschool.ucla.edu

Psychological Services

• Megan Ceja
  School Psychologist
  mceja@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1801
• Hilary Dearth
  Inclusion Coordinator
  hdearth@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1801

Research / CONNECT Research Center

• Megan Franke
  Director
  (310) 825-5467
• Nicole Mancevice
  Associate Director
  nmancevice@ucla.edu
• Sandra Smith
  Assistant Director
  ssmith@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-5467
• Christine Lee
  Research Associate
  clee@labschool.ucla.edu

Safe School

• Laurie Ramirez
  Demonstration Teacher
  lramirez@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-7599

School Operations

• Juan Pablo Gómez
  Operations Manager
  jgomez@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1557
• Ezequiel Ramirez
  Assistant
  eramirez@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1802

Summer School

• Laurie Ramirez
  Director
  lramirez@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-1801
• Sylvia Vallejo
  Coordinator
  svallejo@labschool.ucla.edu
  (310) 267-4586

Technology

• Jerry Kauppila
  Tech Support
  jkauppila@labschool.ucla.edu
  support@labschool.ucla.edu

NOTE: Faculty and teaching staff information will be updated in August 2022 for the 2022–2023 school year

Faculty & Teaching Assistants

To leave a phone message, call 310-825-1801.

EC I

• iSTEAM
  Jane Parkes – Demonstration Teacher
  jparkes@labschool.ucla.edu
  Linnea Paul – Demonstration Teacher
  lpaul@labschool.ucla.edu
• Conference Room / Dual Language
  Rosie Torres – Demonstration Teacher
  rtorres@labschool.ucla.edu
  Julyana Garcia — Inquiry Support Teacher
  jgarcia@labschool.ucla.edu

EC II

• Room 15
  Kelly Peters – Demonstration Teacher
  kpeters@labschool.ucla.edu
• Room 14
  Hasmik Cochran – Demonstration Teacher
  havetisian@labschool.ucla.edu
  Nancy García-Monroy – Teaching Assistant
  ngarciamonroy@labschool.ucla.edu
• Room 13 / Dual Language
  Erik Varela – Demonstration Teacher
  evarela@labschool.ucla.edu
  Alice Garnett – Teaching Assistant
  agarnett@labschool.ucla.edu

Primary

• Room 3
  Anna Terrazas – Demonstration Teacher
  aterrazas@labschool.ucla.edu
  Joyce Friedman – Demonstration Teacher
  jfriedman@labschool.ucla.edu
  Zaira Castro – Teaching Assistant
  zcastro@labschool.ucla.edu
• Rooms 11 & 12
  Carla-Anne Thomas – Demonstration Teacher
  cthomas@labschool.ucla.edu
  Noelani Morris – Demonstration Teacher
  nmorris@labschool.ucla.edu
  Adrian Gumpert – Demonstration Teacher
  agumpert@labschool.ucla.edu
  Erik Perez – Teaching Assistant
  erik.perez@labschool.ucla.edu
• Rooms 9 & 10 / Dual Language
  Olivia Lozano – Demonstration Teacher
  olozano@labschool.ucla.edu
  Cristina Paul – Demonstration Teacher
  cpaul@labschool.ucla.edu
  Nancy Villalta – Demonstration Teacher – Dual Language
  nvillalta@labschool.ucla.edu
  Janet Enciso – Teaching Assistant
  jenciso@labschool.ucla.edu
  Lorena Pacheco – Teaching Assistant
  lpacheco@labschool.ucla.edu

Intermediate

• Room 18
  Kim Morchower – Demonstration Teacher
  kmorchower@labschool.ucla.edu
  Kelly Wu Alexander – Demonstration Teacher
  kwu@labschool.ucla.edu
  Seidi Valencia – Teaching Assistant
  svalencia@labschool.ucla.edu
• Rooms 1 & 2
  Monica Acosta – Demonstration Teacher
  macosta@labschool.ucla.edu
  Chris Wilson – Demonstration Teacher
  cwilson@labschool.ucla.edu
  Sylvia Gentile – Demonstration Teacher
  sgentile@labschool.ucla.edu
  Anne Pham – Teaching Assistant
  apham@labschool.ucla.edu
• Rooms 7 & 8 / Dual Language
  Cristina Cubelos – Demonstration Teacher
  ccubelos@labschool.ucla.edu
  Carlos Montana – Teaching Assistant
  cmontana@labschool.ucla.edu
  Daisy Fuentes – Teaching Assistant
  dfuentes@labschool.ucla.edu

Upper I

• Upper I
  Rebecca Heneise – Demonstration Teacher – Dual Language
  rheneise@labschool.ucla.edu
  Arlen Nava – Demonstration Teacher
  avidal-castro@labschool.ucla.edu
  Aisha Marshall – Demonstration Teacher
  amarshall@labschool.ucla.edu
  Juldath Giron – Teaching Assistant
  jgiron@labschool.ucla.edu
  Maria Gutierrez — Teaching Assistant
  mgutierrez@labschool.ucla.edu
  Rigoberto Lopez – Teaching Assistant
  rlopez@labschool.ucla.edu
  Abel Ramos — Teaching Assistant
  aramos@labschool.ucla.edu

Upper II

• Upper II
  Julie Kern — Demonstration Teacher
  jkern@labschool.ucla.edu
  Adriana Sheinbaum – Demonstration Teacher – Dual Language
  asheinbaum@labschool.ucla.edu
  Susana Fernández – Teaching Assistant
  sfernandez@labschool.ucla.edu
  Juan Ramos — Teaching Assistant
  jramos@labschool.ucla.edu

Teacher Specialists & Support Staff

Dual Language Literacy Coordinator

• Rebecca Heneise – Demonstration Teacher
  rheneise@labschool.ucla.edu

iSTEAM

• David Smith – Demonstration Teacher, iSTEAM Lab
  davidsmith@labschool.ucla.edu

Library

• Judith Kantor – Demonstration Teacher Librarian
  jkantor@labschool.ucla.edu

Music

• Alanah Ntzouras Maguire – Demonstration Teacher
  amaguire@labschool.ucla.edu
• Joseph Vaudreuil — Music Inquiry Support Facilitator
  jvaudreuil@labschool.ucla.edu
• Larry Newman – Orchestra Director
  newman@childrensmusicworkshop.com

Itinerant Occupational Therapists

• Krysti Teng
  kteng@labschool.ucla.edu

Itinerant Speech & Language Therapists

• Sarah Jacobson
  sjacobson@labschool.ucla.edu
• Janet Felton
  jfelton@labschool.ucla.edu

Phonics Support

• Nancy García-Monroy – Dual Language Immersion Program
  ngarciamonroy@labschool.ucla.edu

Physical Education

• Shanna Cohen – Demonstration Teacher
  scohen@labschool.ucla.edu
• Julio Delgado – Coach
  jdelgado@labschool.ucla.edu
• Walter Tovar – Assistant
  wtovar@labschool.ucla.edu

Safe School

• Laurie Ramirez – Demonstration Teacher
  lramirez@labschool.ucla.edu

Student Support Services

• Megan Ceja — School Psychologist
  mceja@labschool.ucla.edu
• Hilary Dearth — Inclusion Coordinator
  hdearth@labschool.ucla.edu
• Ashley Riveros — Inclusion Assistant
  ariveros@labschool.ucla.edu