Meet Our Team!
Notre Dame Summer Programs are staffed with experienced, enthusiastic faculty. Learn a little bit about them in the biographies below.
John Amarillas
Coach Amarillas has served as Notre Dame’s strength and conditioning coach since 2002. He brings over three decades of experience training both junior high and high school athletes. His passion for strength and conditioning is manifest as he helps young people to become the best that they can be. He will meet the athlete where they are at and move them forward in a planned and safe manner. Coach Ammo holds two certifications (CSCS, USAW 1) from the only two nationally accredited insitiutions in the country.
Carmen Eugenia Barba
Carmen teaches social studies at Notre Dame and is a graduate from the class of 2010. She studied history and French Interdisciplinary at Notre Dame de Namur University, and has her masters in teaching and special education.
Ali Bueno
Coach Ali is an alum ('06) of Notre Dame San Jose. She played basketball at NDSJ and also played four years at the University of Redlands. She is the varsity head coach at NDSJ and is entering her 8th season. Coach Ali is passionate about helping players reach their potential on and off the court. She also trains basketball athletes through Bueno Basketball Academy.
Nicholas Carrillo
Nick is a veteran digital media teacher in the San Mateo Union High School District, having taught there since 2011. He received his B.A. in studio art with an emphasis in graphic design from Long Beach State University. Nick continues to work in his free time as a freelance graphic designer and amateur filmmaker, while also spending time with his two children and wife in the garden.
Jennifer Chen
Alexandra Cunningham
Alex lives in South Africa during most of the year and travels to her alma mater, Notre Dame High School in San Jose, for the summers. She studied urban community development and art at New York University and has a masters in fine arts from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. She is the managing director and founder of Boundless City.
Eran DeSilva
Eran is the director of teaching and learning at Notre Dame and a social studies teacher. She holds degrees in international relations and art studio from UC Davis, as well as a masters in teaching from the University of San Francisco.
Aidan Ferrer
Tanisha Fitzgerald
Susana Garcia
Elliott Gavino
Emily King
Karl Lawson-Henz
Cecilia Perkins

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