Jeremy Hoff
Head of School
Jeremy Hoff is the baby of four children, raised in Lancaster, CA. He had the benefit of a high school science-teaching father and a high school English literature-teaching mother. Jeremy’s college career took him to Cal State Northridge, where he completed a Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental and Occupational Health.
Along the way, he waited tables at a nearby restaurant and was invited to Hillcrest Christian Church by a pretty coworker. It was there that Pastor Bruce Cramer took Jeremy under his wing and poured into him… and after making a decision to follow Christ, Jeremy asked that pretty girl – Lesley – to be his wife. Together, they have balanced ministry, life, and work while raising four children.
Not long after their vows, Jeremy joined Lesley on staff at Shepherd of the Hills Church – now Shepherd Church. While on staff, Jeremy loved using technology to innovate and amplify the great ministry that was already happening at Shepherd. He attended Bible School, earning his M.A. of Organizational Leadership from Hope International University, and was tasked with Pastoral duties.
His role at Shepherd evolved to become Executive Director of Administration as part of the leadership team, and served the many support ministries: the online campus, audio, video, lighting, broadcast, finance, information systems, communications, facilities, stewardship, and was part of the hiring team. Additionally, Jeremy was afforded the great blessing of travelling on mission trips to more than a dozen countries throughour Europe, MENA, and South Africa.
After 20 amazing years at Shepherd, Jeremy accepted the call to Heritage on a full-time basis as Head of School.
North Campus
Marilyn Jones
Preschool and Elementary Principal
Having been raised in a Christian home by God-fearing parents and a grandmother, Ms. Jones had the Word of God planted deep into her heart as a child. Summers were for traveling to various church camp-meetings all over the United States meeting many people and enjoying those early relationships. She was raised and lived in the San Fernando Valley most of her life.
Ms. Jones attended Pierce College, Southwestern College in Chula Vista, CA and graduated from California State University Northridge. While going to school, Ms. Jones worked as an officer of a bank, and traveled from branch to branch serving as an operations manager. When an opportunity arose, she attended nursing school to obtain a LVN license and worked as a nurse in a doctor’s office.
As a life-long learner and loving education, she worked as a substitute teacher for the Newhall School District and later joined the faculty at Heritage as a fifth grade teacher. During those 18 years, she obtained her Master’s Degree in Education from Grand Canyon University. Ms. Jones has three sons, two of whom are married. All have followed Ms. Jones in her love for learning and have several Master’s Degrees among them, an MBA, and are in management.
It has been her privilege to spend the last three years working with the elementary principals as an assistant principal. It has been her honor to be appointed Principal of the Elementary/Preschool where her goal is to serve the Lord in education developing and preparing our young people for a life serving Him.
Margaret Miller
Preschool Director
Margaret has been married for 20 years and has two children that attend Heritage Christian School.
Early Childhood Education has been her calling for over 23 years. She started out as a teacher’s aid the summer before her senior year of high school.
Once in college, she earned her AS Degree in Early Childhood Education. In addition, she has been a co-teacher, lead teacher, Assistant Director and Site Supervisor before Directing a preschool in Newbury Park. After eight years of commuting, God opened the door at Heritage Christian Preschool North Campus, where she has served for 7 years.
We are so excited to have Margaret work at HCS! Early Education is her passion and she looks forward to partnering with families in the Christian Education of their precious little ones.
Allen Marin Aquino
Student Supervision
aaquino@heritage-schools.org
Cassie Augur
Teacher's Assistant
caugur@heritage-schools.org
Joshua Augur
Elementary PE Teacher
jaugur@heritage-schools.org
David Augur
Transportation
daugur@heritage-schools.org
Beverly Augur
Business Office Assistant
baugur@heritage-schools.org
Freya Bailey
4th Grade Teacher
fbailey@heritage-schools.org
Julie Bock
Administrative Assistant
jbock@heritage-schools.org
Laura Bogard
Student Supervision
lbogard@heritage-schools.org
Lynn Bowker
Controller
lbowker@heritage-schools.org
Joanne Breen
SPED Department, Educational Therapist
jbreen@heritage-schools.org
Kimberly Brown
5th Grade
kbrown@heritage-schools.org
Teresa Bustillos
Student Supervision
tbustillos@heritage-schools.org
Taylor Byes
Enrichment Teacher - Music
tbyes@heritage-schools.org
Miguel Camarena
Facilities Assistant Supervisor
Teri Cardenas
SPED Department, Educational Therapist
tcardenas@heritage-schools.org
Kirsten Caro
3rd Grade Teacher
kcaro@heritage-schools.org
Saray Caruso
4th Grade Teacher
scaruso@heritage-schools.org
Kathy Casillas
Assistant Principal
kcasillas@heritage-schools.org
Cassandra Cerda
2nd Grade Teacher
ccerda@heritage-schools.org
Emma Clancy
Student Supervision
eclancy@heritage-schools.org
Jeanne Clancy
Kindergarten Teacher
jclancy@heritage-schools.org
Sherry Crowell
Director of the Academic Support Center, SPED Department, Educational Therapist
scrowell@heritage-schools.org
Ashley Cuellar
Student Supervision
acuellar@heritage-schools.org
Darianne Dilzer
Student Supervision
ddilzer@heritage-schools.org
Elizabeth Flores
1st Grade Teacher
eflores@heritage-schools.org
Jasmine Galvez
Transitional Kindergarten Teacher
jgalvez@heritage-schools.org
Lee Yeong Heng
2nd Grade Teacher
lheng@heritage-schools.org
Michele Hernandez
Preschool Administrative Assistant
mhernandez@heritage-schools.org
Ernesto Herrera
Facilities Staff
eherrera@heritage-schools.org
Wendy Hidalgo
Receptionist
whidalgo@heritage-schools.org
Jane Hightower
Elementary Accompanist
jhightower@heritage-schools.org
Kristen Hoback
3rd Grade Teacher
khoback@heritage-schools.org
Jeremy Hoff
Head of School
Stacy Howser
Human Resources Coordinator
showser@heritage-schools.org
Kasey Hurst
5th Grade Teacher
khurst@heritage-schools.org
Wyatt Hurst
Student Supervision
whurst@heritage-schools.org
Stacey Ippoliti
SPED Department, Search & Teach Therapist
sippoliti@heritage-schools.org
Marilyn Jones
Preschool and Elementary Principal
mjones@heritage-schools.org
Jason Leverton
Facilities Director
jleverton@heritage-schools.org
Carianne Long
1st Grade Teacher, Middle School Cheer Coach
clong@heritage-schools.org
Nadine Longacre
SPED Department, Search & Teach Therapist
nlongacre@heritage-schools.org
Denise M. Lydy-Johnson
3rd Grade Teacher
dlydyjohnson@heritage-schools.org
Wanty Moore
Student Supervision Staff/Student Store
wmoore@heritage-schools.org
Angel Nagatsuka
Kindergarten Teacher
anagatsuka@heritage-schools.org
Armando C. Nunez II
Business Office Assistant
Karen Ornelas
Elementary Choir, Elementary Music, Middle School Choir, High School Choir, Performing Arts Department Chair
kornelas@heritage-schools.org
Beth Orozco
Elementary Spanish
eorozco@heritage-schools.org
Johanna Pak
Kindergarten Teacher
jpak@heritage-schools.org
Janine Palmer
Student Supervision
jpalmer@heritage-schools.org
Tammy Payne
Administrative Assistant
tpayne@heritage-schools.org
Julie Pineda
Teacher's Assistant
jpineda@heritage-schools.org
Michael Polio
Student Supervision
mpolio@heritage-schools.org
Vanessa Pulido
Transitional Kindergarten Teacher
vpulido@heritage-schools.org
Alyssa Reynosa
Student Supervision
areynosa@heritage-schools.org
Sarah Roe
Business Office Assistant
sroe@heritage-schools.org
Cindy Rosenfeld
Activities Director, Fundraising and Special Events
crosenfeld@heritage-schools.org
Kaelie Ross
1st Grade Teacher
kross@heritage-schools.org
Kori Roy
Health Office Assistant
kroy@heritage-schools.org
Marissa Salas
1st Grade Teacher
msalas@heritage-schools.org
Nick Saldivia
TK-2nd Grade PE
nsaldivia@heritage-schools.org
Jorge Samaniego
Band Director
jsamaniego@heritage-schools.org
Sandra Samora
Student Supervision Director
ssamora@heritage-schools.org
Joccelyn Strauss
Student Supervision
jstrauss@heritage-schools.org
Paul Taimoor
Campus Security
ptaimoor@heritage-schools.org
Paul Tait
Admissions Director, High School Boys' Basketball, Marketing
ptait@heritage-schools.org
Laura Taylor
1st Grade Teacher
ltaylor@heritage-schools.org
Sarah Thomas
Kindergarten Teacher
sthomas@heritage-schools.org
Evelyn Tolle
Administrative Assistant
etolle@heritage-schools.org
Sandy Tosunyan
Student Supervision
stosunyan@heritage-schools.org
Manuel Valadez
Facilities
Emily Wagner
4th Grade Teacher
ewagner@heritage-schools.org
Megan Walling
2nd Grade Teacher
mwalling@heritage-schools.org
Cindy Yim
Uniform Coordinator
cyim@heritage-schools.org
South Campus
Dr. Esther Choi
High School Principal
Dr. Esther Choi truly believes that education is a privilege and a life-long journey. She hopes to help raise a generation of victorious leaders and faithful followers of Jesus Christ through discipleship, academic rigor, and innovative enrichments that will equip our students for the new era. As a passionate educator and through her influential leadership, Heritage Christian High School strives to impart academic knowledge, instill a healthy work ethic, and guide students to become critical thinkers and resilient problem-solvers as life-long followers of Jesus Christ. She desires to provide a safe environment for students to freely IMAGINE, INQUIRE, INVENT, and INSPIRE through the lenses of the Biblical Worldview.
Dr. Esther Choi was born and raised in a loving Christian family. She has actively served at her church ever since she was a child. A praise leader, keyboardist, Elementary & Youth Bible teacher, and later as a Children’s Ministry Director. She is now married to a United Methodist Pastor. Together they have two high school children who attend HCS South Campus.
Dr. Esther Choi majored in Psychology and minored in Teaching at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Pursuing her Master of Arts in Teaching at the University of Southern California (USC), she also obtained her California Multiple Subject Credential with BCLAD certification that same year. She has also completed all required units for Director of Early Childhood Education at World Mission University (WMU). Dr. Choi received her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Azusa Pacific University (APU) with a published multiple case study on The Voices of the Stakeholders: The Culture of Growing Private TK-12 Christian Schools. Living up to her own philosophy as a life-long learner, she is currently working on educational journal article publications with other authors and serves on the accreditation visiting team for ASC/WASC (Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges), impacting other educators and educational organizations for excellence beyond the boundaries of the San Fernando Valley.
Cindy Marston
Middle School Principal
Cindy Marston was raised in a Christian home in the San Gabriel Valley, the middle of three children. She grew up attending church and was active in many kids and youth ministries. It was in her 6th grade Sunday School class that she met her now husband, Brian. They were best friends all through middle and high school and drew closer in their early college years at CSUN. Married in 1995, they have three children.
Cindy did not love science or math in high school but came to love it in community college and then at CSUN. Her academic life revolved around ecology field trips, lab animals and insects, and her favorite, the microbiology lab where she worked to pay her way through school. She graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Environmental Biology. After that, she continued her CSUN journey where she received her biological sciences teaching credential.
Cindy’s first teaching experience was at a local valley high school for LAUSD, teaching various levels of biology, integrated science, health, and algebra 1. This was a dream job full of learning, hard challenges, and amazing students. Choosing to leave there to spend more time with her growing family, she found a job at a K-12 grade charter independent study/homeschool program where she worked for 19 years as an Education Facilitator. God used this long-term job covering all areas within education to challenge and prepare her for the next step.
Sensing God’s calling for a change, Cindy arrived at Heritage Christian School in 2021 to serve as the Middle School Principal. She loves her students, the staff, the administration, and everything about Heritage! This is an amazing place to work, and she views this as the educational ministry God has prepared and called her to serve in.
Kate Alfaro
High School Science, Academic Coaching
kalfaro@heritage-schools.org
Filiberto Banuelos
Assistant Facilities Director
Ani Barmaksezian
Spanish, HS Bible
abarmaksezian@heritage-schools.org
Richard Belyeu
Math Teacher
rbelyeu@heritage-schools.org
Melissa Berg
SPED Department, Educational Therapist
mberg@heritage-schools.org
Fred Blattner
AP Computer Science, Coding, Robotics, Drone
fblattner@heritage-schools.org
Nikki Bousquette
SPED Department, Educational Therapist
nbousquette@heritage-schools.org
Shawn Denise Bristol
Business Office Assistant
sbristol@heritage-schools.org
Jocelyn Campos
Middle School Math
jcampos@heritage-schools.org
Erin Caswell
Creative Design, Ceramics
ecaswell@heritage-schools.org
Danny Caudillo
Communications & Marketing Director, Teacher
dcaudillo@heritage-schools.org
Christina Chartrand
Middle School Science
cchartrand@heritage-schools.org
Kat Childs-Muller
Middle School Dance, High School Dance, Middle School Drama, High School Drama
kmuller@heritage-schools.org
Dr. Esther Choi
High School Principal
Kimberly Cox
Student Supervision, Student Store Supervisor
kcox@heritage-schools.org
Daniel Cracium
ASB Advisor, Campus Pastor
dcracium@heritage-schools.org
Sherry Crowell
Director of the Academic Support Center, SPED Department, Educational Therapist
scrowell@heritage-schools.org
Catherine Delvaux
Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1A, Algebra 1AB, Mathematics Department Chair
cdelvaux@heritage-schools.org
Debbie Dilzer
Librarian
ddilzer@heritage-schools.org
Michelle Dueck
AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, High School Math
mdueck@heritage-schools.org
Cristy Featherston
Educational Therapist
cfeatherston@heritage-schools.org
Trey Fernald
Journalism
tfernald@heritage-schools.org
Ryan Fobel
Government, World History, AP World History
rfobel@heritage-schools.org
Taylor Gavin
Middle School Student Council Advisor, Middle School Science, Science Department Chair
tgavin@heritage-schools.org
David Gloria
Athletic Trainer, Sports Medicine
dgloria@heritage-schools.org
Lucianne Gutermuth
AP Psychology, AP English, English Department Chair
lgutermuth@heritage-schools.org
Devina Halpert
Girls' Athletics Assistant
dhalpert@heritage-schools.org
Charles Hampton
Government & Economics, World History, Social Science Department Chair
champton@heritage-schools.org
Nikki Henderson
Admissions/Registrar
nhenderson@heritage-schools.org
Alejandra Hermosillo
MS English
ahermosillo@heritage-schools.org
Eny Herrera
Spanish 2, Spanish 3
enherrera@heritage-schools.org
Karlee Hitchcock
Middle School Bible
khitchcock@heritage-schools.org
Jeremy Hoff
Head of School
Jason Horn
Ceramics, Woodshop, Creative Design
jhorn@heritage-schools.org
Josiah Horner
High School English
jhorner@heritage-schools.org
Jamie Ireton
Administrative Assistant
jireton@heritage-schools.org
Adam Jacobs
7th Grade Bible
ajacobs@heritage-schools.org
Denise Johnson
HS Science
djohnson@heritage-schools.org
Terry Johnson
High School PE, High School Track & Field, Middle School PE, PE Department Chair
tjohnson@heritage-schools.org
Mason Johnson
Study Hall Teacher
majohnson@heritage-schools.org
Mike Johnson
Director of Boys' Athletics
mjohnson@heritage-schools.org
Laura Jones
AP Chemistry
ljones@heritage-schools.org
Grace Julian
6th Grade Bible, Academic Coaching
gjulian@heritage-schools.org
Irene Kendrick
College Counselor
ikendrick@heritage-schools.org
Rebecca Kendrick
Director of Girls' Athletics
rkendrick@heritage-schools.org
Amalia Lejbowicz
Librarian, Substitute Teacher
alejbowicz@heritage-schools.org
Jason Leverton
Facilities Director
jleverton@heritage-schools.org
Julie Leverton
Computer Skills, MS US History, MS Science
julieleverton@heritage-schools.org
Shannon Linsey
Administrative Assistant
slinsey@heritage-schools.org
Kristin Maniago
SPED Department, Educational Therapist, ESL
kmaniago@heritage-schools.org
Cindy Marston
Middle School Principal
Jose Martinez
Facilities
Lisa Martucci
HS English
lmartucci@heritage-schools.org
Robert Miner
AP US History, Personal Finance, High School Social Studies
rminer@heritage-schools.org
Kayla Monick
Boys' Athletics Assistant
kmonick@heritage-schools.org
Dane Myers
8th Grade Bible
dmyers@heritage-schools.org
Anthony Nagatsuka
Art, Animation, Computer Graphics, Digital Photography, Design, Study Skills
anthonynagatsuka@heritage-schools.org
Carrie Neckien
Health Office, Safety
cneckien@heritage-schools.org
Sami Olivas
High School Girls’ Volleyball
solivas@heritage-schools.org
Melanie Orellana
Assistant Principal, Dean of Students
morellana@heritage-schools.org
Hector Orellana
Facilities Assistant
horellana@heritage-schools.org
Karen Ornelas
Elementary Choir, Elementary Music, Middle School Choir, High School Choir, Performing Arts Department Chair
kornelas@heritage-schools.org
Sharon Park
MS Math
spark@heritage-schools.org
Cynthia Peterson
Assistant Principal of Academics, SPED Department, Educational Therapist
cpeterson@heritage-schools.org
Leslie Petit
Administrative Assistant
lpetit@heritage-schools.org
Peggy Pratts
Director of College Counseling
ppratts@heritage-schools.org
Lillibeth Reyes
Math Teacher
lreyes@heritage-schools.org
Jose Roman
Facilities
Soraya Rondon
Administrative Assistant
srondon@heritage-schools.org
Jorge Samaniego
Band Director
jsamaniego@heritage-schools.org
Jasmine Sarkissian
Performing Arts Assistant
jsarkissian@heritage-schools.org
Natalia Simmons
AP French, Yearbook, International Student Coordinator
nsimmons@heritage-schools.org
Christian Smith
Middle School Social Science, High School English, High School Child Development
csmith@heritage-schools.org
Ashley Stafford
Middle School English
astafford@heritage-schools.org
Philip Struyk
High School Bible, Bible Department Chair
pstruyk@heritage-schools.org
Paul Tait
Admissions Director, High School Boys' Basketball, Marketing
ptait@heritage-schools.org
Sandra Villanueva
SPED Department, Academic Coaching, Student Supervision
svillanueva@heritage-schools.org
David Williamson
Academy Coordinator, Curriculum Advisor
dwilliamson@heritage-schools.org
West Campus
Dolores English
Preschool Director
Dolores is blessed to say that she has been in Christian Education all her life. Growing up Ms. English attended Christian schools and worked in Christian Education for over 30 years. Prior to arriving at Heritage, she taught at a preschool in the San Fernando Valley for a number of years followed by 25 years of teaching in the lower elementary level on the North Campus.
Ms. English received her Child Development Certificate from Los Angeles Mission College, graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a degree in Human Development, and received a Masters’ Degree in Education through National University as well as completed the course work for a California Teaching Credential.
Dolores and her daughter attend and have been members of Shepherd Church for 25 years. She is thankful for the desire God has placed on her heart for young lives and their academic, developmental, and spiritual growth. She believes it is never too early to make an impact for God’s Kingdom.
Norma Ambrosio
Teacher’s Aide
nambrosio@heritage-schools.org
Alexis Avila
Preschool Teacher
aavila@heritage-schools.org
Alaina Blake
Preschool Administrative Assistant
ablake@heritage-schools.org
Kimberly Brooks
Teacher
kbrooks@heritage-schools.org
Taylor Byes
Enrichment Teacher - Music
tbyes@heritage-schools.org
Steffanie Carr
Preschool Teacher
scarr@heritage-schools.org
Kathy Casillas
Assistant Principal
kcasillas@heritage-schools.org
Kathleen Dudley
Preschool Teacher's Aide
kdudley@heritage-schools.org
Dolores English
Director
denglish@heritage-schools.org
Pamela Fassnacht
Preschool Teacher
pfassnacht@heritage-schools.org
Mary Hakim
Preschool Teacher Aide
mhakim@heritage-schools.org
Jeremy Hoff
Head of School
Sandy Hurst
Preschool Teacher's Assistant
shurst@heritage-schools.org
Marilyn Jones
Preschool and Elementary Principal
mjones@heritage-schools.org
Nicole Khamsse
Teacher
nkhamsse@heritage-schools.org
Jason Leverton
Facilities Director
jleverton@heritage-schools.org
Rosa Martinez
Teachers Aide
rmartinez@heritage-schools.org
Margaret Miller
Preschool Director
mmiller@heritage-schools.org
Anjula Newton
Preschool Teacher
anewton@heritage-schools.org
Deborah Nicholas
Preschool Teacher
dnicholas@heritage-schools.org
Alexes Parra
Preschool Teacher Aide
aparra@heritage-schools.org
Taylor Pena
Teacher's Aide
tpena@heritage-schools.org
Anely Rico
Preschool Teacher Aide
arico@heritage-schools.org
Lois Sweis
Preschool Teacher's Aide
lsweis@heritage-schools.org
Kathryn Torres
Teacher
ktorres@heritage-schools.org
Manuel Valadez
Facilities
Stephanie Villalpando
Teacher
svillalpando@heritage-schools.org