Staff

STAFF

Fatou Drammeh - Coordinator of Revere Community School (RCS). Fatou has over 30 years’ experiences working in the field of social justice, economic development, participatory adult education, program development &fundraising. She received her Master’s Degree from the Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University. Fatou is a proud graduate of the CommonWealth Seminar.

Prior to joining Revere Community School, Fatou is the founder and Executive Director of Women Encouraging Empowerment Inc. ( 2010-2013), a non-profit organization in Revere that work to educate, advocate, protect and advance the rights of immigrants, refugees and low income women and their families. She also worked for Cooperative Economics for Women (CEW) from 2000-2009 as a trainer, curriculum Developer and Associate Director.

In addition, Fatou served five years on the funding panel and board of directors at the Haymarket People’s Fund, and the allocation committee for Boston Women’s Fund, where she aided in funding different community projects throughout the state of Massachusetts. Fatou is presently a board member of Haymarket Peoples Fund, Women Encouraging Empowerment Inc. and a core group member of Network for African American and Immigrant in Solidarity of Boston. She is also a member of REVERE CARES Coalition. In December 2017, Fatou received a Partnership Champion Award from REVERE CARES and on February 4th, 2019, she received the Black Excellence on the Hill award from the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus and an official Citation from Commonwealth of Massachusetts Speaker of the House Robert A. Deloe and the Massachusetts  State Senate Joseph Boncore. In May 2020 Fatou was spotlighted as #RevereHeros for her COVID-related work in the city.  Revere City Council honor Fatou Drammeh for city service https://publizr.com/advocatenewsma/revere-advocate-02-slash-12-slash-21?html=true#/6/ 

OFFICE STAFF

Jocelyn Martinez is the most recent addition to the Community School's staff. She is an Americorps member serving with the New American Integration Program (NAIP) to help support the immigrant community in Revere. As a first generation born U.S. Citizen she has always felt at home building community and supporting immigrants. Jocelyn will receive a Bachelor's degree this December 2020 for Global Studies with a minor in Environmental Science at Lesley University  She speaks English, Spanish, and basic French. 

INSTRUCTORS/TEACHERS

Patrícia Rodrigues Costa de Sá is an Economist and PhD candidate who has worked over the past twenty years teaching both English and Portuguese as a second language. Currently a Research Scholar at the University of Massachusetts Boston, she has carried out research and developed projects for immigrant groups, which aim at strengthening immigrant empowerment and comprise language lessons, managerial and technical skills. Mrs. Costa de Sá worked as an ad hoc Certified Translator English-Portuguese for the Commercial Bar of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and has also taught English and Economics to undergraduate and graduate students.  

Linda Zamorano has a master degree in Education -Foreign Language with over fourteen years’ experience as a Spanish teacher.  She taught grades 1st - 12th grade levels and a non-credit Spanish class levels I & II at the North Shore Community College. Linda has a passion to teach her culture and Spanish language, and also to learn about other cultures. She is a native of Honduras.

Marian Carla White Ward  has over 25 years of experience teaching Spanish to children and adults in public and private schools. She is very passionate about teaching the Spanish language and culture. Marian holds a BS and diploma in Elementary Education and a member of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, MA. She is native of Costa Rica.

 June Zhang has proudly been teaching ESOL at RCS since 2016.  She enjoys teaching English to non-native speakers who are from around the world.  She believes her students are enthusiastic, serious, and eager to learn.  She would like her students to have an enjoyable and successful learning experience. June strives to do her very best to offer her students a teaching experience which has high standards and consistent teaching quality. June holds a Master’s degrees from UMASS Boston and Cambridge College and PA, BA degree from College Misericordia, Dallas. She is fluent in Chinese.

Donna Vincent is originally from Buffalo, New York, is a Northeastern University graduate, and has been teaching ESOL at Revere Community School since 2014. She loves working with the wonderfully diverse and very motivated RCS students to help them reach their goals! She has taught varying levels of ESOL in public, private, and community school settings, with students of all ages and many different cultures. She also works part-time in Cambridge in an early language and literacy Home Based program with diverse families with young children (ages 18 mos. to 3.5 years). She has also been an ESOL tutor for students of varying ages, educational backgrounds, and professions, including tutoring to develop test preparation, conversation and writing skills.

Fadiala Beauvais is an experience special education teacher and Certify Early Intervention Therapist. Fadiala enjoy working with parents and families and connecting them with resources. Fadiala holds a master in Education from Cambridge College and  a bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders from UMASS Amhest. She is fluent in Haitian Creole.

Celeste Cunningham ( HiSET Teacher) is a licensed and well-experienced educator in both History and Government (W. Civilization and American Government, State and Local Government, Sociology, Psychology and US History I & II). She taught Adult learners for over 12 years, Secondary for over eight years, and intermediate/primary as well, creating a solid understanding of state frameworks and educational development.  She has also worked with returning students, English language learners, veterans, and students with all types of disabilities, displaced workers, DACA, and students seeking passage of entrance exams into Allied Health community college programs (thus requiring knowledge of government, reading, and language skills).  Celeste is current teaching at Mass Bay Community College/Quincy College Professor Dedham & Quincy. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Major from the University of Arizona Tucson and a Master of Education Major from University of Massachusetts – Boston.

Susan Lopez  De Oliveira (ESOL Teacher)

Barbara Sargent (ESOL Teacher)

FatimaZzahrae Harrouchi (ESOL Teacher)

Elkhadir Didane (Computer Teacher)