Meet the Faculty

Chris Chakeres

Chris Chakeres recently returned to teaching Middle School Science after a decade in administration. Chris received a MA in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University and has happily and successfully transitioned between many roles including teaching elementary, middle, and upper school, leading middle and upper school divisions, and coaching students, colleagues, and teachers. He loves what…

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Leza Lowitz

Leza Lowitz is an internationally renowned yoga instructor and an award-winning author of over twenty books in multiple genres, including the groundbreaking Yoga Poems: Lines to Unfold By (Winner of the PEN/Josephine Miles Poetry Award) and Yoga Heart: Lines on the Six Perfections. Her most recent book is a YA novel in verse, Up from the Sea (Penguin/Random…

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Sarah Meghan Lee

Sarah Meghan Lee worked as a photojournalist for 15 years, first based in Rwanda, Africa, then New Mexico, and for 8 years in Mexico City, covering social, environmental, and human rights issues. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian (London), The Independent(London), Elle, and Marie Claire. Sarah won first place in the…

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Lisa Nordstrum

Lisa Nordstrum teaches Middle School New Mexico History and an Upper School honors Women’s Studies course. She graduated from Colorado College with a major in Southwest Studies and a minor in Women’s Studies, earned her NM K-12 teaching certification at the University of New Mexico, and has completed many graduate level courses in a variety…

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