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Leadership
Luis O Cartagena
Chief Financial & Operating Officer
lcartagena@nbfacademy.org
Mrs. Collette Fearon
Lower School Principal (Pre-K to 3rd Grade)
cfearon@nbfacademy.org
Mariana Figueroa
Elementary Assistant Principal
mfigueroa@nbfacademy.org
Katherine Habansky
Upper School Assistant Principal
khabansky@nbfacademy.org
Ronelle Swagerty
Director & CEO
rpswagerty@nbfacademy.org
Mrs. Valore Turner
Upper School Principal (Grades 4-8)
vturner@nbfacademy.org
Roree M. Warnke
Chief Development and Communications Officer
rwarnke@nbfacademy.org
Staff
Heidi Barker
Climate Coach
hbarker@nbfacademy.org
Katie Beirne
Development Officer
kbeirne@nbfacademy.org
Starsheema L Browning
Food Service Aide
sbrowning@nbfacademy.org
Shenquaya Clements
School Social Worker
sclements@nbfacademy.org
Todd Daigle
Food Service Supervisor
tdaigle@nbfacademy.org
Alexandrea Feaster
Admin. Assistant & Data Coordinator
afeaster@nbfacademy.org
Claudia M. Jimenez
Food Service Aide
cjimenez@nbfacademy.org
Nicole Johnson
Executive Assistant/SPED Coordinator
njohnson@nbfacademy.org
Anna Lavallee
Human Resources Associate
alavallee@nbfacademy.org
Diana Lopez
Administrative Assistant & Enrollment Coordinator
dlopez@nbfacademy.org
Gregory Marable
Restorative Coordinator
gmarable@nbfacademy.org
Bailey MeCey
Communications Officer
bmecey@nbfacademy.org
Millie Morales
Human Resources & Payroll Manager
mmorales@nbfacademy.org
Madeline Santiago
Executive Assistant/Enrollment Coordinator
msantiago@nbfacademy.org
Jamie Serrano
Food Service Aide
jserrano@nbfacademy.org
Gloria P. Suarez
Food Service Aide
gsuarez@nbfacademy.org
Pre-Kindergarten
Kubra Tas
Pre-K/3 Teacher
ktas@nbfacademy.org
Ms. Jessica Vazquez
Pre-K Instructional Assistant
jvazquez@nbfacademy.org
Kindergarten
SallyAnn Augustine
Kindergarten Teacher
saugustine@nbfacademy.org
Sheree L Baldwin-Muhammad
Kindergarten Teacher
sbaldwin@nbfacademy.org
Deborah Howard
Kindergarten Teacher
dhoward@nbfacademy.org
Tahyra Lloyd
Kindergarten Instructional Assistant
TLoyd@nbfacademy.org
Rachel Markman
Kindergarten Instructional Assistant
rmarkman@nbfacademy.org
Ka'Wana Morrow
Kindergarten Instructional Assistant
kmorrow@nbfacademy.org
Mrs. Nyeeliah Pierre-louis
Kindergarten Instructional Assistant
npierre@nbfacademy.org
Victoria Rodriguez- Aldiva
Kindergarten IA
vrodriguez@nbfacademy.org
First Grade
Gina Beecher
First Grade Instructional Assistant
gbeecher@nbfacademy.org
Natalie Cole
First Grade Teacher
ncole@nbfacademy.org
Tamara Doiley
First Grade Teacher
tdoiley@nbfacademy.org
Catherine Howland
First Grade Instructional Assistant
chowland@nbfacademy.org
Tamara Murphy
First Grade Teacher
tmurphy@nbfacademy.org
Amy Orsaia
First Grade Teacher
aorsaia@nbfacademy.org
Melanie C. Stephens
First Grade Instructional Assistant
mstephens@nbfacademy.org
Second Grade
Suzanna P Brown
Second Grade Instructional Assistant
sbrown@nbfacademy.org
Maria Luft
Second Grade Teacher
mluft@nbfacademy.org
Veronica Rodriguez
Second Grade Instructional Assistant
verodriguez@nbfacademy.org
Miss Katelyn Root
Second Grade Teacher
kroot@nbfacademy.org
Denise Taylor
Second Grade Teacher
dtaylor@nbfacademy.org
Third Grade
Bianca Colon-Hernandez
Third Grade Instructional Assistant
bhernandez@nbfacademy.org
Amare McPherson
Third Grade Teacher
amcpherson@nbfacademy.org
StaceyAnn Palma
Third Grade Teacher
spalma@nbfacademy.org
Jody Ann Robinson
Third Grade Instructional Assistant
jrobinson@nbfacademy.org
Fourth Grade
Giselle Henderson
Fourth Grade Instructional Assistant
ghenderson@nbfacademy.org
Tomyia Young
Fourth Grade Instructional Assistant
toyoung@nbfacademy.org
Fifth Grade
Sharon Black
5th grade Instructional Assistant
sblack@nbafacdemy.org
Monica Greaves
Fifth Grade Teacher
mgreaves@nbfacademy.org
Desrene Lewis-Williams
Fifth Grade Instructional Assistant
dwilliams@nbfacademy.org
Tami Neville
Fifth Grade Teacher
tneville@nbfacademy.org
Nicola Rozario
Fifth Grade Instructional Assistant
nrozario@nbfacademy.org
Sixth Grade
Brittanie Brown
6th Grade Instructional Assistant
bbrown@nbfacademy.org
Ms Tameika Hendricks
Sixth Grade Instructional Assistant
thendricks@nbfacademy.org
Layla McDowell
Sixth Grade Teacher
lmcdowell@nbfacademy.org
Alexandria Stefanou
Sixth Grade Teacher
astefanou@nbfacademy.org
Middle School
David Chouinard
7-8th English Language Arts Teacher
dChouinard@nbfacademy.org
Peter Eichler
7th-8th Grade Science Teacher
peichler@nbfacademy.org
Jennifer Morales
Math Specialist Grades 4-8
jmorales@nbfacademy.org
Peyton Thorpe
7/8th grade Instructional Assistant
pthorpe@nbfacademy.org
Health & Wellness
Kenesha Willis
School Nurse
kwillis@nbfacademy.org
News
Madeline Santiago
Executive Assistant/Enrollment Coordinator
msantiago@nbfacademy.org
Specialists
Ms. Abbey Assunto
Reading Specialist
aassunto@nbfacademy.org
Joseph Brigante
Math Intervention
jbrigante@nbfacademy.org
Shenquaya Clements
School Social Worker
sclements@nbfacademy.org
Tara Croce
Reading Specialist
tcroce@nbfacademy.org
Kim Dawson-Gibbs
5th-8th Grade Special Education Teacher
kgibbs@nbfacademy.org
Elizabeth Doran
Librarian
Edoran@nbfacademy.com
Mrs. Octavia Haley
Elementary Guest Teacher
ohaley@nbfacademy.org
Mary Humphries
K-3rd Grade Special Education Teacher
mhumphries@nbfacademy.org
Carlin Iannarelli
P.E. Teacher
ciannarelli@nbfacademy.org
Damon M Kelliher
Music Teacher
dkelliher@nbfacademy.org
Patsy Lewis
Instructional Coach
plewis@nbfacademy.org
Alexis Myles
CNA
amyles@nbfacademy.org
Miriam Osbourne
Special Education Instructional Assistant
mosbourne@nbfacademy.org
Martika Santiago
Guest Teacher
Masantiago@nbfacademy.org
Beth Wells
Literacy Tutor
bwells@nbfacademy.org
Kenesha Willis
School Nurse
kwillis@nbfacademy.org
Teachers
Natalie Cole
First Grade Teacher
ncole@nbfacademy.org
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