Altadena Arts Magnet: Sylvia Vega
SYLVIA VEGA joined the Keller Williams real estate team in 2010. In her first year as a realtor she was awarded Rookie of the Year. Since that time she has consistently been among the top 10% of the agents in the Pasadena Market Center. In 2012, Sylvia’s production doubled, making…...
Altadena Arts Magnet: Mary Lea Carroll
Before raising children, Mary Lea Carroll worked in travel, theater, and in Hollywood. When her children were young, she taught children’s creative writing just around her kitchen table and helped her husband in his motion-picture advertising business. Mary Lea is a contributor to the book Hometown Pasadena and a graduate…...
Blair IB Magnet: Staci Boretzky
Staci Boretzky is a Project Manager at Kaiser Permanente in the Community Benefit Department. In this role she helps to lead the Thriving Schools Initiative, which is a national effort designed to produce a significant and measurable impact on the health of students, staff and teachers in K-12 schools. Prior…...
Blair IB Magnet: Aaron Bruce
With more than 20 years of experience leading initiatives focused on campus diversity, inclusion and international engagement, Aaron Bruce officially began his tenure at ArtCenter on December 3, 2018, and leads the establishment of a new Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Art and Design. Since 2008, Bruce had…...
CIS: Michael Than
Personal: Married – Wife – Jonalyn Children- Brandon, age 9 Logan, age 7 Education: 2001 – BS, Clinical Laboratory Science, Loma Linda University 2005 – MD, Loma Linda University 2008 – Family Medicine Residency, Kaiser Permanente, Fontana 2008 – Present – Family Medicine Physician, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, Pasadena Offices...
Don Benito Elementary: John Harabedian
Born and raised in Sierra Madre, Mayor John Harabedian attended Sierra Madre Elementary School and St. Rita Elementary School before graduating from Loyola High School, Yale University (B.A.), Oxford University (M.Sc.), and Stanford Law School (J.D.). Mr. Harabedian is an attorney, and previously served as a Coro Fellow in Public…...
Eliot Arts Magnet Academy: Val Zavala
Val Zavala, anchor, producer and award-winning journalist, of KCET’s “SoCal Connected” is retired after three decades of covering Los Angeles. Zavala began her career at KCET in 1987 and has reported on critical topics in the region such as the election of L.A.’s first Mexican American mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, the…...
Field Elementary: Nagin Cox
Nagin Cox has been exploring since she decided as a teenager that she wanted to work at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She was born in Bangalore, India, and grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her experiences as a child in a Muslim household showed her how…...
Focus Point Academy: A. Paul Kurkjian
EDUCATION Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship— Chief Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow 07/08-06/10 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048 University of California Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley VA Psychiatry Residency Program—Adult Psychiatry Resident 07/05-06/08 16111 Plummer Street, Bldg. 10 Edu. Office (116A3), North Hills, CA 91343…...
Franklin Elementary: Marjory Jacobs
As the unit commander of Altadena Station, Jacobs oversees approximately 120 personnel, including a team of volunteer reserve deputies trained in mountain rescue who respond to calls in the mountains above the city. The Altadena station serves a diverse community, including businesses, residential neighborhoods and parts of the San Gabriel…...
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