Christina Garza - Spanish

Courtney Lawton - Humanities

Shannon Beyer - Humanities & Yearbook

Shannon Beyer graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a B.A. in Communications, specializing in editorial journalism... 

Jim Carlton - Mathematics and Technology

BBA Accounting - Eastern New Mexico University; MA Secondary Education/Educational Technology and Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning - New Mexico State University. Graduate studies in Mathematics and Science – New Mexico Tech.

Vary Coates - Science

I grew up in Washington, DC.  I earned by BS from NMSU in Biology, and my MA from UNM in Secondary Education.  Before becoming a teacher, I was a tree farmer.

Andrew Barrow - Film III/IV

Matthew Byrne - Math & Science

Ryan Salway- Animation

Jessica Krichels - Art I & II

Jessica Krichels was born and raised in the state of Maine. She received a B.A. in Visual Arts from Brown University and a M.Ed. from Framingham State College...

Jessie Lenderman - Documentary Film

Jesse Lenderman has degrees in Social Work & Education, and in Filmmaking, and has studied and played music throughout her life... 

Blake Minnerly - Audio, Music History & Theory, Audio 4 Film, & Digital Music

Blake Minnerly holds a masters degree in engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with minor in music composition...

Ms. Sojourner Athena Oyá - Humanities

Ms. Oyá teaches Humanities. She earned a B.U.S. degree in World Religion, Spanish and Secondary Education from the University of New Mexico and an M.A. in Curriculum Design and Educational Leadership from the College of Santa Fe. She holds endorsements in English as a Second Language, Language Arts and Social Studies and is certified by the State of New Mexico and has a license from the NM State Board of Education.

Tom Richardson - Photography

Tom Richardson has been working with photography for over the last decade and a half in many capacities including commercial photography, fine arts, and academia. His personal photographs have been exhibited in the US and abroad. He holds a Masters of Fine Arts from UNM and Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of Florida. As an advocate for photographic education, he is excited to be working with the young hearts and minds at MACCS. On photography he states, "What excites me about photography is that it is grounded in reality but completely abstracted from it at the same time."

Danny Solis - Moral & Controversial Issues

Daniel S. Solis is a lifelong lover of and student of poetry. He has published three books and a cd of poetry...

Kaleb Wentzel-Fisher - Television Production & After Effects

Kaleb Wentzel-Fisher has 8 years experience working in the field of video and audio.  Kaleb's work history includes working at professional recording studios in Manhattan, New York, the film industry in New Mexico, owning his own production company, and training at the local public access station here in Albuquerque.  Kaleb is now a full time instructor at MACCS teaching TV/Film and Adobe After Effects.

Kendra Wilson-Smith - Humanities

Kendra Wilson-Smith is an eighteen year veteran of teaching with a plethora of varied experience, including teaching for the United States Peace Corps in Poland 1992-1994, on the Navajo reservation, and Rio Rancho Public Schools.  She is Level III teacher with a bachelor's degree in English-Education from Northern Illinois University and a Master's in Education from The University of New Mexico.  She believes in multi-intelligence education which allows students to be assessed in numerous ways.