Santa Ana Unified School District

Special Education/SELPA Staff directory 

& Site support overview

Santa Ana Unified School District

Special Education/SELPA Department

1601 E. Chestnut Avenue

Santa Ana, CA 92701

(714) 558-5551

Special Education/SELPA Department Administrators 

Gloria Olamendi, Ed.D.

Assistant Superintendent

Email: Gloria.Olamendi@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5832 

Rae Rice

Executive Director

Email: Rae.Rice@sausd.us

Phone: (657) 799-6025

Dolores Alvarado 

Director

Email: Dolores.Alvarado@sausd.us

Phone: (657) 243-6564

Hector M. Ceniceros 

Director

Email: Hector.Ceniceros@sausd.us

Phone: (657) 289-5929

Diane Nicholas

Assistant Director

Email: Diane.Nicholas@sausd.us

Phone: (657) 607-0495



Patricia Mbugua, Ed.D.

Assistant Director

Email: Patricia.Mbugua@sausd.us

Phone: (657) 289-5922

Giselle Eaton

Coordinator

Email: Giselle.Eaton@sausd.us 

Phone: Phone: (714) 558-5892 

Diamond

Martin

Lowell

Kennedy

King

Lincoln

Katie Chin-Barry

Coordinator

Email: Katie.ChinBarry@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5547


Carver

Davis

Fremont

Muir

Roosevelt/

Walker

Sierra (K-8)

Louisa Silang, Ph.D.S.

Coordinator

Email: Louisa.Silang@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5745

Adams

Godinez

Behavior Support Team

Seneca

Vacant

Coordinator

Email: 

Phone: Phone: (714) 558-5651

Esqueda (K-8)

Madison

Monte Vista

Washington

Taft

Thorpe 

Jolene Bowman

Coordinator

Email: Jolene.Bowman@sausd.us 

Phone: (714) 558-5806

Carr

Lathrop

MacArthur

Mendez

Villa

Willard

OCDE Special Schools

Mindy Huestis 

Coordinator

Email: mindy.huestis@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5867

Franklin

Greenville

Heninger

Heroes

Romero-Cruz

Santiago

Jocel Lazarito

Coordinator

Email: Jocel.Lazarito@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5746

Edison

Garfield

Harvey

Jackson

Monroe

Pio Pico

Wilson

Vacant

Coordinator

Email: 

Phone: (714) 558-5539

Saddleback

SAVA

Segerstrom

Valley

Independent Study

 Catalina LaCrue 

Coordinator

Email: catalina.lacrue@sausd.us


Century

Cesar Chavez

Lorin Griset Academy

Middle College

OCDE Access

REACH Academy

ALA/Circulos

Santa Ana

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Regional Program 

 Taft Elementary 

Jamie Gonzalez

Administrator, DHH Program

Email: Jamie.Gonzalez@sausd.us


Kimberly Garcia Ed.D.

Principal

Email: Kimberly.Garcia@sausd.us

Jessica Duran

Administrative Secretary

Email: Jessica.Duran@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 550-1405

Click Here to go to the 

Taft Deaf and Hard of Hearing Regional Program 

Home page

 MITCHELL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER TEAM

Vacant 

Principal

Email: 

Phone: (714) 285-4600

Patricia "Tricia" Shepherd

Assistant Principal

Email: Patricia.Shepherd@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 285-4600



Vacant

Program Specialist

Email: 

Phone: 


TRANSITION SERVICES

Annie Young

Coordinator

Email: Annie.Young@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 433-3424

Ryan Murray

Coordinator, WorkAbility and Transition Partnership Program (TPP)

Email: Ryan.Murray@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 431-1879

Elizabeth Alamo

Department Specialist

Email: Elizabeth.Alamo@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 431-1870

Program Specialists

Laura Dolan

Program Specialist

Speech and Language

         Email: Laura.Dolan@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5772

Abigail Black

Program Specialist

Inclusion

Email: Abigail.Black@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5873

Walter Nixon, Ed.D.

Program Specialist

Non-Public Schools & Residential Treatment Centers

     Email: Walter.Nixon@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5863

Curriculum Team

David Villalobos

Curriculum Specialist

Email: David.Villalobos@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5747

Julissa M. Cervantes

CLAS Teacher

Email: Julissa.Martinez@sausd.us 

Phone: (714) 558-5691

Leilani DiCato

CLAS Teacher

Email: leilani.dicato@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5866

Vacant

CLAS Teacher

Email: 

Phone: (714) 558-5771

Behavior Support

Hannah Acevedo-Shiesel

Behavior Analyst

Email: hannah.acevedoschies@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5868

Yesenia Garcia Ayala

Behavior Analyst

         Email: yesenia.garciaayala@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5768

Mary Hum

Behavior Analyst

Email: Mary.Hum@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5802


Emma Nartea

Behavior Analyst

Email: Emma.Nartea@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5741

Andrea Yepiz

Behavior Analyst

         Email: Andrea.Yepiz@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5742

SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT STAFF/SELPA 

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF

Angelica Barajas

Executive Secretary

Email: Angelica.Barajas@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5832


Blanca Gutierrez

SELPA Secretary

SELPA/CAC

Email: Blanca.Gutierrez@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5807

Kathleen Ngo

Budget Technician

Email: Kathleen.Ngo@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5608


Anita Vaglienty

Senior Secretary

APE, OT, PT, SLP, SLPAS, VI, VI-IA, COTAS, AUDIOLOGISTS, MOBILITY TEACHER, AT-TECHNOLOGY 

Speech Related Services

Email: Anita.Vaglienty@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5804

Elizabeth Mata

Senior Secretary

(Psychological,ERMHS,Interpreters)

Email: Elizabeth.Mata@sausd.us 

Phone: (714) 558-5546

Justin Hernandez

Special Education Records Technician

(High School, ATP, Pre-K)

Email:  Justin.Hernandez@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5659

Norma Godinez-Canal

Special Education Records Technician (Intermediate, K-8)

Email: Email: Norma.Canal@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5809

Jaime Elizarraras

Special Education Records Technician (Elementary)

Email: Jaime.Elizarraras@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5869

Laura Lopez

Medi-Cal Programs Technician

Email: Laura.Lopez@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5803

Damaris Aguilar

Department Specialist

 Medi-Cal Programs

Email: Damaris.Aguilar@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5554

INTERPRETERS/TRANSLATORS

Edith Cuevas- Vite

Email: Edith.Cuevasvite@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5721

Patricia Hernandez

Email: Patricia.hernandez@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-4645

Miguel Guillen

Email: Miguel.Guillen@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5648

Wendy Martinez

Email: Wendy.Martinez@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5879

Juana Ramirez-Burtnett

Email: Juana.Ramirez-Burtnett@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5847


Maria Villena

Email: Maria.Villena@sausd.us

Phone: (714) 558-5853