Principal

Principal BA, Theatre, University of Southern California Dave Trejo is the Principal of Environmental Charter Middle School – Gardena. Dave has worked in public schools for more than 15 years in a multitude of roles, from substitute to drama teacher, P.E. teacher to department head and Principal. Dave was the founding director of iLEAD Pacoima…

School Psychologist

School Psychologist BA, Psychology, University of Southern CaliforniaMulti-Subject Teaching Credential, California State University, NorthridgeMA, Educational Psychology, Educational Specialist, Loyola Marymount University Katie Cristales is the School Psychologist at Environmental Charter Schools since the 2019-2020 school year. Previously, she was a 6th and 7th grade math and science teacher at the ECMS Gardena and Inglewood locations.…

Payroll and Accounting Manager

Payroll and Accounting Manager BS, Applied Mathematics, UC San Diego Email Sarahai Sarahai Garibay is the Payroll and Accounting Clerk of ECS since 2019. Previously, she was a high school tutor for the Math Tutor Corps of UCSD.  Sarahai is at ECS because she wants to use her skills to uplift the organization and keep it running…

Information Technology Lead Technician

Information Technology Lead Technician Email Matt Matt K. has been a technology consultant for ECS since April 2015 and now joins us as an official ECS employee under the title Information Technology Lead Technician. After Graduating from CSULB he was a substitute teacher before making the transition to the tech field. He loves all things technology related and spends…

Information Technology Technician

Information Technology Technician Email Art Art Smith has been a technology consultant for ECS since August of 2016 and now joins us as an official ECS employee under the title Information Technology Technician. He has always had a passion for technology and has been working directly in the IT field for 7 years. He briefly attended McNally-Smith…