Administration 

Kathleen Rucker
Principal

 Laura Alcazar
Assistant Principal

Ken Kastenbaum
Guidance Counselor

Supportive Staff

Angie Hancock
Business Manager

Marlena Carreras
Community School Director (CSS)

​​Luis Ruiz
CPC Program Director for SYEP

​Arelis Diez
​Family Worker

​​​Sean Fason
Lunch Assistant 

​Lilian Ghali​
Parent Coordinator

​​Margie Crespo
School Aide

​​Elena Sullivan
Social Worker
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​Mir Mahmood
Community Assistant ​ ​​​
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​Giselle Matos
Interborough Counselor

​Cloda Alexandre-Goulbourne
Interborough Counselor

Mor Gueye​
Paraprofessional​
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​Aliya Latif 
Restorative Justice Coordinator​
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Malcolm Sacks
​Restorative Justice Coordinator

​Sandra Smith
School Aide

​​Cheick N’Diaye
​Paraprofessional

​Jen Olivares
​Public Health Educator CATCH Program

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Orubba Almansouri
Community Coordinator

Grace Dang
College/Career Counselor & Librarian ​​​

​​Sofia Contreras
Paraprofessional​​

Annalynn Perez
School Aide
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​Alex Rodrigues
School Technology Specialist

​​Edwin Rodriguez
​Paraprofessional

​Marcos Contreras
​Paraprofessional

Mr. Cummings
SAPIS Counselor
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Teachers & Instructional Teams 

Journey
(9th & 10th Grade)

Megan Berdugo, Math
James Bleshman, Social Studies
Megan Minturn, Dance
John Derian, Science
Gerina Xhiherri, English
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Balance
​(9th & 10th Grade)

Ashkan Jahangiri, Science
Erin Fleischauer, Humanities
Lindsay Hubert, Math
Kathy Wu, History 
Catherine Melendez, Art

Growth
(11th Grade)

Amanda McKenna, English
Jason Fleischauer, Math
Scott Jackson, Social Studies
Ei Meeker, Adolescent Issues
Steve Oszust, Science
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Be the Change 
(12th Grade)

Patrick Narea, Science
Jay Pirani-Mellstrom, Math
Shahzia Pirani-Mellstrom, English
Norma Gaytan, Art
​Sheila Aminmadani, PIE*
​*PIE- Power, Identity, and Equity (Humanities)

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Paul Allen, Physical Education
​​Nathaniel Jimenez, Special Education
​​Medi Foard, 504 Plan Coordinator & Testing Coordinator

*all staff members can be reached through their school email (fistname+lastname@mybihs.org)