Faculty

Luisa Moreno 6-8th Grade Teacher

Luisa grew up here in Seattle and attended the University of Washington where she got her BA studying History, Education and Spanish. She has also worked at Green Lake Elementary with their drama program, at the Seattle Public Library, and with UW Riverways Education Partnerships, where she ran a literacy arts project in  around Washington State. She is passionate about working with young people and helping them make the world a better place, especially through writing and reading! In her free time, Luisa loves to eat big meals with her family, play board games with friends, and find time to make art when she can. She is excited and honored to be apart of the Amistad community!

Mabel Gonzalez -4-5th Grade Teacher

Mabel studied Pedagogy with a major in Primary Education more…

Thania Chicas 1st – 2nd  Grade Teacher

Thania is from El Salvador. She graduated as an educator in 2010 at the University of El Salvador and she has never been as happy as she is in the classroom teaching. She earned a B.A in Arts of education in Goddard College in 2020. She said “Being a teacher is rewarding and one of the greatest privileges I can enjoy”

Lucia Alvarez – K/1 Grade Teacher

Lucia was born and raised in Lima Peru. She came to the US and settled in Binghamton, NY and completed her AAS degree. More…

Alfredo de la Hoz – PE Teacher

Alfredo De La Hoz is from Barranquilla -Colombia. With an experience of 14 years as a physical education teacher and level II volleyball coach and a participation of 18 years in national and international tournaments, working with elementary and middle school students, infant motor skills classes to kindergarten-pre-kindergarten children. and sports training schools based on mini-volleyball. Volleyball coach from several universities in Barranquilla. I arrived in Seattle in 2011 to build my future. I have 2 children and a very close family. I really like Seattle because of its culture and because it is a very beautiful city. He is very happy to be part of our community.

Maestro Rafael Rodriguez

Math Teacher and Soccer Instructor

He is from El Salvador. He graduated as a Math Teacher in 1999 and he specialized in high school and middle school. He has been teaching math since 2000 at Seattle Amistad School. It makes me happy and helps young people. I also like to teach children to play soccer at school and In my free time I am the coach of a women’s soccer team.