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Lower Elementary Teachers

Updated: 18 March 2021
Published: 11 August 2010
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Ruth Castañeda is from Mexico City. She is a credentialed Elementary Teacher with a B. A. in Special Education in hearing and speech. She has a Master’s degree in Educational Research. She worked as Speech Therapist and as a Special Education teacher for deaf children and young adults. She is an interpreter in Mexican Sign Language. She came to us with 23 years of experience as a Special Education and Elementary teacher in Mexico. She is a certified Elementary Montessori guide ages 6 to 12 and has a diploma as an Educational Therapist. Ruth started working at TRIS in January of 2004.


Welling­ton Franklin Pontes Filho has over 17 years of experience in education. He began his educational career as a middle and high school math teacher. Originally from Fortaleza, Brazil, Wellington holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, a degree in Education with an emphasis in Math from the Universidade Estadual do Ceara, and a degree in Special Education, specializing in the hearing-impaired, from the Universidade Estadual Vale do Acarau in Brazil. Wellington taught elementary through high school students before coming to the U.S. Ever since, he completed the AMI Primary Montessori training in Mountain View, California as well as an AMI Elementary Montessori training program in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Wellington has been working at TRIS since 2005, where he has taught in Primary and Elementary; he is currently teaching in Upper Elementary. During this time, he has trained many teachers in his classroom on classroom management, and how to use and integrate the Montessori philosophy in their lessons.  Wellington has four children at TRIS. He believes that every child should be valued and treated with respect. An education should empower a child and help her or him make a positive contribution to our world. Wellington is thrilled to be working with an international community, dedicated teaching staff, and sharing his passion for math and Montessori education with his students.


Yesenia Cortez is from Mexico where she completed her university studies in Special Education at the Universidad de Colima. She has been teaching elementary age children since 2013. She enjoys reading and personal fitness in her spare time. She joined the TRIS team in the Spring of 2021.

Upper Elementary Teachers

Updated: 20 September 2019
Published: 11 August 2010
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Hugo Brousse was born in Marseille, a beautiful city in southern France. He holds a teaching degree in French as a second language from the “Université de La Réunion”. He currently is enrolled in a distance learning program to earn his master's degree in language didactic from the same university. Hugo’s passion is fencing. He was in the French national team for many years and still trains recreationally. He also loves sailing in the bay with his friends. He joined TRIS in 2016.

Isabel Bustillos is originally from Mexico. Isabel holds a B.A. in International Relations from the Universidad Iberoamericana and a M.A. in Environment, Development and Policy from Sussex University. She comes to TRIS after having worked for ten years at Ashoka’s Youth Venture, a global program that promotes youth leadership and social entrepreneurship. She has mentored hundred of students around the world to develop their social ventures. In addition she has dedicated much of her life to working on Environmental issues in Mexico and here in the United States. She joined TRIS in 2017.

Hella Tsaconas grew up in the East Bay.  She earned a BA from the University of Southern California in Gender Studies and a MA from the Department of Performance Studies at New York University based on her research on elite women's boxing. From 2014 to 2017, Hella taught undergraduate courses spanning feminism, anti-racism, and critical theory at NYU. She has also worked in academic editing and publishing. She enjoys biking Oakland with her family and she is a lifelong ballet dancer.  Hella is delighted to bring her passion for teaching and learning to the TRIS community in the fall of 2018.

 

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