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Our Faculty and Staff

Headshot Adlin Mallebranche

Adlin Mallebranche

Pronouns: he/him/his
At NS since: 2024
Position: Level 3 Teacher
Education: B.A. (Political Sci Pre-Law), University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Fun facts:
  • Basketball is Adlin's favorite sport. He and his wife were able to attend two Celtics games together: Celtics vs. Heat, where the Prince and Princess of Wales were only a row in front of them, and Game 2 of the 2024 NBA Finals vs. the Dallas Mavericks.
  • Adlin has loved art since the first grade and has enjoyed drawing, painting, writing, and making music. Hip-Hop, Rap, and RnB are his favorite genres of music, and he creates music similar to those styles.

Drew Curtis

Pronouns: he/him/his
At NS since: 1999
Position: Operations Manager; Support Teacher
Education: B.A. (anthropology), Washington University
Fun facts:
  • Drew’s institutional knowledge and utility-player approach during the critical pandemic year led to the creation of the Operations Manager position.
  • No parking? No problem! Proud parent of NS alums Max and Jesse, Drew lives within walking distance of NS - students regularly check out what's growing in his garden on the way to recess.

Haeli Warren

Pronouns: she/her/hers
At NS since: 2021
Position: Level 4 Teacher
Education: B.A. (Education Studies, Elementary Education Teaching Program) Wellesley College
Fun facts:
  • Haeli started teaching in outdoor education on a farm and then in the mountains. While teaching, she has hiked and backpacked over 23 of the Adirondack Mountains in New York.
  • With education and teaching, Haeli is interested in research. She is especially excited about how students and the community can do research about and in their own communities.
  • Dance, biking, being outside, playing clarinet, and baking are some of Haeli’s favorite activities!
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Johnny Blazes

Pronouns: they/them/theirs
At NS since: 2007
Position: Drama and Dance Teacher since 2007, Music and Rap Around Teacher since 2015
Education: B.A. (Theater & Dance performance), Oberlin College
Fun facts:
  • Johnny was one of NS’s first students, joining Level 1 in January of 1988.
  • Johnny has been teaching or assisting at Neighborhood School almost continuously since graduating in 1994 (with a short hiatus to do some traveling and studying), including several years of circus and drama camp counseling as a pre-teen and teen!
  • Johnny is also an instructor and administrator at Esh Circus Arts in Somerville, and sings with two different soul bands, including one co-run with Johnny’s dad, J. Johnson.
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Jovielle Gers

Pronouns: she/her/hers
At NS since: 2023
Position: Art Teacher
Education: BFA, Tufts University & The School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Fun facts:
  • Jovielle worked in Northern India over a few years doing photography for the Norbulingka Institute, a Tibetan organization, as well as photographing the Dalai Lama.
  • Some of Jovielle’s favorite activities include: cross-country skiing through glistening snow, biking with her family, swimming in lakes and waterfalls, dancing, baking healthy+chocolatey things on cold days, cuddling up with a book, and soaking in hot springs under the stars.
  • Jovielle helps to organize the Wake Up the Earth Festival in JP. This year she created a climate resiliency public art piece on which Mayor Michelle Wu pledged to help fix the T!
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Laurie Bozzi

Pronouns: she/her/hers
At NS since: 2023
Position: Level 2 Teacher
Education: Ed.D. (Human Development and Psychology), Harvard University
Fun facts:
  • Laurie is learning to play fiddle.
  • Laurie likes to knit and is slowly learning to embroider.
  • Laurie loves turtles.
Faculty Headshot Lisa Nam

Lisa Nam

Pronouns: she/her/hers
At NS since: 2016
Position: Learning and Teaching Leader
Education: Ed.M. (Prevention Science and Practice), Harvard Graduate School of Education
Fun facts:
  • Lisa lightly dabbles in arts and crafts and studied photography, painting, figure drawing, ceramics, and poetry in Korea, Greece, and Italy.
  • Lisa loves being part of the L4 Racial Justice Club every year and learns so much from the students about youth development through social justice.
  • Even after a decade of living in Boston, Lisa still feels her California roots and is afraid of winter.
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Malena Castilla

Pronouns: she/her/hers
At NS since: 2021
Position: Level 3 Teacher
Education: B.A. (Economics, Teacher Scholars Program) Wellesley College.
Fun facts:
  • Malena has traveled over a 10,000 mile range north to south from Montreal, Canada to the Glacier National Park of Argentina.
  • Malena speaks English and Spanish —half of my family is in Argentina— and a little bit of Italian.
  • Malena loves winter so long as there's plenty of snow! With snowy days come skiing, hot chocolate, and curling up with a book.

Paige Brooks-Cook

Pronouns: she/her/hers
At NS since: 2024
Position: Level 1 Teacher
Education: M.Ed. (Early Childhood Education), Wheelock College
Fun facts:
  • Paige enjoys gardening, caring for and communing with plants.
  • Paige lived in China for two years.
  • Paige dances West African Dance and enjoys playing the Djembe.
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Priscilla Saul

Pronouns: she/her/hers
At NS since: 2017
Position: Administrative Assistant
Education: MSM, Emmanuel College
Fun facts:
  • Priscilla has a love for the arts, and enjoys visiting museums.
  • Priscilla loves to exercise. She was a sprinter on the Regis College Track and Field team.
  • Priscilla is a Netflix junkie (if she could, she would watch documentaries all day every day).

Scott Morrow

Pronouns: he/him/his
At NS since: 1995, when he and Tricia began sharing administrative duties along with home care of their children.
Position: Afterschool and PE Teacher; Finance; Maintenance
Education: M.Div., Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
Fun facts:
  • Basketball, the trumpet, and fatherhood are among Scott’s passions.
  • Get the scoop: Scott’s freezer is usually well-stocked with ice cream of various flavors.
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Seth Hanson

Pronouns: he/him/his
At NS since: 2023
Position: Music and Rock Band Teacher
Education: B.A. (Computer Science), Grinnell College
Fun facts:
  • Seth loves solving and making crossword puzzles. He made a website for making and sharing crossword puzzles with friends, and another similar site in the style of the NYT's game Connections. Ask him about Banana Crossword!
  • In highschool, Seth first learned to play guitar and old songs attending the folk-jams at the Contended Cow in Northfield, Minnesota.
  • Seth lives in the neighborhood :)

Tracy Pimentel

Pronouns: she/her/hers
At NS since: 2014
Position: Co-Director
Education: M.Ed. (early childhood education, human development and family studies), Lesley University
Fun facts:
  • Tracy completed a practicum at Neighborhood School with Level 2 back in 2005 during her undergraduate days at Lesley University.
  • She is a creative chef who enjoys fusion combos - sushi de locrio, anyone?
  • NS students will have fun discovering which four languages Tracy can speak!
Headshot Tricia Morrow

Tricia Morrow

Pronouns: she/her/hers
At NS since: the beginning
Position: Co-Director; Support Teacher
Education: B.A. (elementary & special education), Knox College; graduate work in educational management and parenting studies
Fun facts:
  • Tricia’s teaching experience and lots of elbow grease proved helpful as she joined Joyce and John Mallory in the formation of Neighborhood School.
  • Tricia and her husband Scott are proud parents of NS alums Anna, Michaela, and Nick.
  • From her rural upbringing, Tricia brings a pig collection and a sense of small-town connectedness to our school.