Meet the Mendell Teachers & Staff

Meet the Mendell teachers and staff! This page contains Mendell staff photos, roles and email addresses. 

Mendell Staff Roles and E-Mail Addresses: 

Mendell Staff 2021-2022

Pre-Kindergarten (K0/K1) Team

Room 2 Para: Katherine Choi


Room 3 Para: Glicel Cartagena, gcartagena@bostonpublicschools.org     

Kindergarten (K2) Team

Room 1 Teacher: Yvonne Steadman, ysteadman@bostonpublicschools.org      

Room 1 Para: Desayda Soto, dsoto@bostonpublicschools.org  

Room 6 Teacher: Rani Pan, rpan@bostonpublicschools.org     

Room 6 Para: Cece Betancourt, cbetancourt@bostonpublicschools.org  

Learning Specialist: Lily Yu

lyu@bostonpublicschools.org



First Grade Team

Room 4 Teacher: Shawniece Duru, shigginbottom@bostonpublicschools.org

Room 5 Teacher: Silvia Rivera

srivera5@bostonpublicschools.org


Learning Specialist: Madeline Faiz, mjohnston2@bostonpublicschools.org 

1st Grade Literacy Specialist: Beth Gangemi

bgangemi@bostonpublicschools.org


Second Grade Team

Room 8 Teacher: Martine Ciccio, mciccio@bostonpublicschools.org  

Learning Specialist: Rachel Trinidad, rtrinidad@bostonpublicschools.org  

Third Grade Grade Team

Room 9 Teacher: Abby Hart, ahart3@bostonpublicschools.org   

Room  10 Teacher: Stephanie Nichols, snichols@bostonpublicschools.org  

Learning Specialist: Kenia Littleton

klittleton@bostonpublicschools.org


Fourth Grade Team

Room 11 Teacher: Elisely Cruz, ecruzcolon@bostonpublicschools.org

Room 12 Teacher: Monica Veiga

mveiga2@bostonpublicschools.org


Fifth Grade Team

Room 20 Teacher: Soyini Wilcox

swilcox@bostonpublicschools.org


Room 21 Teacher: Sarah Hurdelbrink, shurdelbrink@bostonpublicschools.org  

Learning Specialist: Jerick Vieira, jvieira2@bostonpublicschools.org 

Sixth Grade Team

Room 31 Teacher: Stephanie Alllieri sallieri@bostonpublicschools.org 

Learning Specialist: Leila Parks, lparks@bostonpublicschools.org 

Specialists

Science Teacher: Bailey Williams, bwilliams7@bostonpublicschools.org

PE Teacher: Jamal Bond, jbond@bostonpublicschools.org

Visual Arts Teacher: Alexa Beil

abeil@bostonpublicschools.org


Health Teacher: Karina Herrera, kherrera@bostonpublicschools.org

Music Teacher: Stephen Richards

srichards5@bostonpublicschools.org

Mendell Staff

6h grade site Manager: Deniere Watford-Jackson

dwatfordjackson@bostonpublicschools.org

SPED Coordinator: Lindsay Grogan, lgrogan@bostonpublicschools.org 

 School Psychologist: Katie Vozzella, cvozzella@bostonpublicschools.org 

Speech Language Pathologist: Hilary Southwick, hcornish@bostonpublicschools.org 

Occupational Therapist: Leah McMillan, lmcmillan2@bostonpublicschools.org 

Math Coach: Julie Power, jlombard2@bostonpublicschools.org  

Nurse: Jasmine Idiokitas, jidiokitas@bostonpublicschools.org

School Counselor: Rachel Nadworny

rnadworny@italianhome.org


Secretary: Dulce Rodriguez, drodriguez@bostonpublicschools.org 

Buildng Sub: Erik Jackman

ejackman@bostonpublicschools.org

Building Sub:  TBD

YMCA Afterschool Director: Sharnice Morning

smorning2@bostonpublicschools.org

Cafeteria Manager: Necola Myers, nmyers@bostonpublicschools.org 

Before School Director & Lunch Monitor: Yudy Perez yperez2@bostonpublicschools.org

Lunch Monitor: Lola Barros

Lunch Monitor: Zaida Marcial