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Living School New Orleans

Living School New Orleans

A Public High School in New Orleans East Where We Improve Lives, Communities, and the Environment.

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      • Journey Allen
      • Rahn Broady
      • Roz Brown
      • Ceci Givens
      • Dr. Joe Daschbach, EdLD
      • Caren Green
      • Delise Hampton
      • Ross Harmon
      • Vanessa Batiste-Leal, PLPC
      • Jovan Montaque
      • Tiane Oliver
      • Stefin Pasternak, MED
      • Shannon Rogers
      • Kei Smith
      • Christine Sterling
      • Nikki Ummel
      • Barbara Word
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      • Dr. Richard Ashmore, PhD
      • Mark Davis, JD, MLT
      • Nakeisha Kyle, MSW
      • Mandi Lehnherr
      • Dr. Mark Lister, MD
      • Tristram Millard
      • Danneka Mitchell, JD
      • Britany Holmes-Nick
      • India King-Robins
      • Dr. J.C. Wagner-Romero, EdD
      • Pepper Roussell, Esq, MSCIT
      • Traci Simon MBA, CMA, CNAP
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Our Team

our Team

Systems Team

S Pasternak

Stefin Pasternak

CEO & School Director

Stefin has been teaching in the New Orleans area for nine years including reading, writing, and the culinary arts to students K-12.

J Daschbach

Dr. Joe Daschbach

Director of Data & Finance

Joe completed his Doctorate in Education Leadership from Columbia University’s Teachers College where he is part of the faculty of their Summer Principals Academy in New Orleans.

R Brown

Roz Brown

Site Manager

Mama Roz is a veteran educator with experience in New Orleans schools Pre-K through 12 over the past eleven years.

D Hampton

Delise Hampton

Director of Communications & Operations

Delise is a native New Orleanian with her BA in Radio, Television, & Film from Howard University.

C Baker

Charm Baker

Director of Student Life

Community Educator, artist, and mother Charmisha Baker has served New Orleans children and families for more than a decade.

K Ward

Kristen Ward

Director of Student Support

Kristen moved to New Orleans from Connecticut in 2008 and is here to stay.

Culture and Support Team

C Green

Caren Green

Culture Bearer

Mama Caren is a renowned vocal artist, counselor, and youth advocate born and raised in New Orleans East.

K Smith

Kei Smith

Education Specialist

Kei is a New Orleans native with a passion for growth! They earned their degree in Psychology from Dillard University, and have been heavily involved in community organizing and workshop development since.

S Rogers

Shannon Rogers

Education Specialist

Hailing from St. Louis MO, Shannon Rogers is a loving Education Specialist who has earned a Bachelors of Science in Psychology from the University of New Orleans.

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Tiane Oliver

Emergent Bilingual Coach

Tiane and her family have been New Orleans East residents and community organizers for decades, particularly amongst the growing immigrant communities fighting for just lives in their new home.

C Sterling

Vanessa Batiste-Leal, PLPC

School Counselor

Vanessa is a PLPC, as well as a Licensed and Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, who has over five years of experience in counseling.

C Sterling

Christine Sterling

School Social Worker Intern

Christine is a candidate for a Masters of Social Work at Tulane University hailing from Haiti. 

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Barbara Word

School Nutrition Manager

Barbara is a retired bus driver from the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority with a passion for young people and serving her community.

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Nurse Renette Jones

School Nurse

Nurse Renette is a native New Orleanian who is a school-based Registered Nurse with a passion for restoring health and well-being to all.

Instructional Team

J Allen

Journey Allen

Humanities Instructor

Artist, entrepreneur, writer, scholar, and master community educator, Journey Allen is a powerhouse of many talents.

C Givens

Ceci Givens

Arts & Languages Lead Instructor

A Native of New Orleans East, Ceci is a master visual artist, American Sign Language instructor, martial artist, and entrepreneur.

R Harmon

Ross Harmon

CTE Instructor - Skilled Trades

Ross is a master carpenter with decades of experience across the building trades working both residential and commercial construction, specializing in artistic projects of material reclamation.

R Broady

Rahn Broady

CTE Instructor - Environmental Entrepreneurship

Rahn Broady grew up in St. Louis and has always loved the natural world. A lifelong lover of science, he attended Harris-Stowe State University and majored in secondary education and biology.

J Montaque

Jovan Montaque

STEM Instructor

Jovan Montaque is a world traveled educator who has the experience of teaching inside the Japanese School System as well as the US System in Texas between Austin and San Antonio who finds himself now in New Orleans.

N Ummel

Nikki Ummel

Humanities Instructor

Nikki Ummel is a career educator, writer, comedian, and community organizer. Originally from Florida, and by way of Washington, D.C. and Indianola, Mississippi, Nikki now lives and teaches in New Orleans.

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