JAA Online Team

Instructional Support

Our staff are a dream team of educators trained in our model, who embody our core values. Our passionate mentors are experts in their academic disciplines who see the whole child first and teach to the heart of every child.

Cheryl Holmes

Cheryl Holmes

SPED Learning Coach

Cheryl Holmes

Cheryl states, “Watching a scholar work hard to learn a new concept or master a complex skill is the best reward...” 

Vong Nguyen

Education Specialist

Vong Nguyen

Rebecca Sabadin

Education Specialist

Rebecca Sabadin

Valerie Saenz

Valerie Saenz

SpEd Program Specialist

Valerie Saenz

A special education teacher in moderate / severe classrooms for seven years, three of which have been years of online, Valerie Saenz is driven by her passion to ensure access to John Adams Academy’s unique education model and to support the educational progress of all scholars.  

Udita Thapar

Udita Thapar

Education Specialist

Udita Thapar

Udita Thapar is an Education Specialist at John Adams Academy who is deeply committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and helping every scholar thrive. She holds graduate degrees in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University and in Special Education from Johns Hopkins University... 

Lindsey White

SPED Learning Coach

Lindsey White