A Salute to Alumni Success

1994
Kim Frank (M.Ed., Professional Development, Ed. Admin. Certification) is the principal of Chief Kamiakin Elementary in the Sunnyside School District.

2001
Norma Jaimes (B.A., Elementary Education) is a dual language teacher at Edison Elementary School in the Kennewick School District.

2008
Heather Buccheim Lutz (B.A., Elementary Education) is a high school reading instructor at Mattawa High School in Mattawa, Washington.

2009
Dolores A. Stairet (B.A., Elementary Education) teaches fifth grade at St. Joseph School in Kennewick, Washington.
Scott West (Ed. Admin. Certification, M.Ed., Professional Development ’06) is the principal at Warden Elementary School in Warden, Washington.
Virginia Zavala (B.A. Elementary Education) supervises 20 teachers for the Migrant Head Start Program in the Yakima Valley region.

2010
Janet Flores (M.Ed., Professional Studies in Teaching and Learning) received the Creativity in Curriculum award from the Kennewick School District. Janet is a dual language third grade teacher at Edison Elementary.
Kelsie Wilson (B.A., Elementary Education) teaches fourth grade at Juajitas Elementary School in Othello, Washington.

2011
Patricia Arzaga (B.A., Elementary Education) is a reading intervention specialist at Barge Lincoln Elementary School in Yakima School District.
Karen Brown (M.I.T., Elementary Education) teaches first grade at Warden Elementary School in Warden, Washington.
Josie Gonzalez (B.A., Elementary Education) is a dual language kindergarten teacher at Lutacaga Elementary in Othello, Washington.
Vinka Graves (B.A., Elementary Education) is a first grade teacher at Grant Elementary School in Ephrata, Washington.
Glen Jenkins (B.A., Elementary Education) teaches at Dick Scobee Elementary School in Auburn, Washington.
Oksana Karpenko (B.A., Elementary Education) is a Russian immersion kindergarten teacher at Kelly Elementary School in Portland, Oregon.
Matthew Wood (B.A., Elementary Education) is a kindergarten teacher at Hiawatha Elementary in Othello, Washington.

2012
Lisa Biddick (B.A., Elementary Education) is a first grade teacher at Mattawa Elementary in the Wahluke School District.
Megan Brien (M.I.T., Elementary Education) is a second grade teacher in the Toppenish School District.
Yesenia Camuzano (B.A., Elementary Education) is an English language learner specialist in math and reading for Outlook Elementary in the Sunnyside School District.
Jenifer Dorr (M.I.T., Elementary Education) teaches preschool in the Toppenish School District.
Jerry Eichner (M.I.T., Elementary Education) is a fifth grade teacher in the Wapato School District.
David Elder (B.A., Elementary Education) is a kindergarten through twelfth grade teacher at the Marlin Hutterite Colony school in Marlin, Washington.
Rebecca Festa (M.I.T., Elementary Education) is a language arts teacher at Lewis and Clark Middle School in the Yakima School District.
Generoso Garza (M.I.T., Elementary Education) teaches fifth grade at Juajitas Elementary School in Othello, Washington.
Mellissa Gillespie (M.I.T., Elementary Education) is a second grade teacher at Morris Schott Elementary in the Wahluke School District.
Hipolito Hernandez (M.I.T., Elementary Education) is an eighth grade science teacher at Wapato Middle School in Wapato, Washington.
Amber Hoeness (M.I.T., Elementary Education) teaches sixth grade at Oakville Elementary School in Oakville, Washington.
Heather James (B.A., Elementary Education) teaches sixth grade at Toppenish Middle School.
Kimber Lybbert (M.I.T., Elementary Education, M.A., English) is teaching English at Moses Lake High School and teaches math and English as a second language for Brigham Young University–Idaho’s online programs.
Michael Mackey (M.I.T., Elementary Education) teaches fourth grade in the Wapato School District.
Bryanne Nelson (M.I.T., Elementary Education) is teaching third grade at Marcus Whitman Elementary at Highland School District in Cowiche, Washington.
Cesar Ortiz (M.I.T., Elementary Education) is teaching elementary children in the Wahluke K-8 Academy in the Wahluke School District.
Enrique Partida (B.A., Elementary Education) is a sixth-grade science teacher at Toppenish Middle School.
Laura Sullivan (M.I.T., Elementary Education) teaches fourth grade in the Wapato School District.
America Velasco (B.A., Elementary Education) is a teacher at Roosevelt Elementary, in the Granger School District.
Debbie Williams (M.I.T., Elementary Education) teaches first grade at Artz-Fox Elementary School in the Mabton School District.
Colleen Wilson (M.I.T., Elementary Education) teaches fifth-grade science at Selah Intermediate School in Selah, Washington.