Brooke High School Team - Brooke Charter Schools

Ms. Kimberly Steadman

Acting Principal, Brooke High School and Network Co-Director

B.A., Harvard College; J.D., Harvard Law School; M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education
ksteadman@ebrooke.org
Kimberly Steadman joined Brooke in 2004 as a math teacher and professional development coordinator. Since then, Ms. Steadman founded Brooke's first elementary school and co-lead the expansion of Brooke from one campus to five. Ms. Steadman is currently serving as network Co-Director and hold responsibility for all academic aspects of Brooke. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Steadman taught 4th grade in DC Public Schools and 5th grade in Chelsea Public Schools.

Ms. Vicmarys Brito

Assistant Principal

B.A., College of the Holy Cross; M.Ed., Boston University
vbrito@ebrooke.org
Vicmarys Brito joined Brooke in 2017 as a high school Spanish teacher. Since then, Ms. Brito has taught Spanish for Spanish Speakers, Spanish 3, Pre-AP, and AP Spanish, and served as Director of Spanish Curriculum and Instruction. She is currently an Assistant Principal. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Brito led the founding Spanish team at Roxbury Prep High School for 2 years and is a Teach for America alum.

Ms. Lauren Horne

Assistant Principal

B.A., Boston University; M.Ed., George Washington University
lhorne@ebrooke.org
Lauren Horne joined Brooke in 2018, as our eleventh grade physics teacher at Brooke High School. She is currently an assistant principal. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Horne taught multiple subjects across grades 7-12 in the DC Public Schools and charter schools in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Ms. Dorice Moise

Assistant Principal

B.A., Boston College; Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education; M.A., Ed.S, Tufts University
dmoise@ebrooke.org
Dorice Moise joined Brooke in 2016 as the School Psychologist at Brooke Roslindale, where she was also an Associate Teacher from 2008-2010. Ms. Moise is currently an Assistant Principal at Brooke High School after serving as the founding School Psychologist at Brooke High. Prior to returning to Brooke in 2016, she worked at UP Academy Holland and UP Academy Boston, as a School Psychologist and Special Education Coordinator.

Mrs. Danya Wallace

Assistant Principal

B.A., Canterbury Christ Church University; M.A., Goldsmiths University of London; M.Sc., Touro College
dwallace@ebrooke.org
Danya Wallace joined Brooke in 2016 as a third grade teacher at Brooke Mattapan. Since then, Mrs. Wallace also taught sixth grade ELA and social studies and served as an Assistant Principal at Brooke Mattapan. She is currently an Assistant Principal at Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Mrs. Wallace taught third grade for four years in the Bronx, New York and worked for many years as an educator in London, England, Botswana, and South Africa.

Mr. Corey Yarbrough

Assistant Principal

B.A., James Madison University
cyarbrough@ebrooke.org
Corey Yarbrough joined Brooke in 2016 as the Founding Director of Operations of Brooke High School and 8th Grade Academy. Mr. Yarbrough is now an Assistant Prinicpal at Brooke High. Before coming to Brooke, Corey founded and served as Executive Director of a local non-profit organization for six years and managed college prep programs for first generation college-bound students in the New England region.

Ms. Magdala (Maggie) Jean-Jules

Dean of Students

B.A., Regis College
mjeanjules@ebrooke.org
Magdala (Maggie) Jean-Jules joined Brooke in July of 2020 as Dean of Students at Brooke High School. Before joining Brooke, Ms. Jean-Jules worked on the Dean/Culture team at UP Academy Dorchester for 7 years. She also worked at two turnaround schools in Mattapan and Roxbury as a City Year Corp Member.

Ms. Shantae Romain

Director of Operations

B.A., American International College
sromain@ebrooke.org
Shantae Romain joined Brooke in 2019 as an Operations Manager for Brooke High School & Eighth Grade Academy. She now serves as the Director of Operations. Prior to Brooke, Ms. Romain worked at Tufts Health Plan for seven years in clinical strategy and member operations.

Ms. Janette Kerr

Director of College Counseling

B.A., University of Illinois; M.A., Temple University
jkerr@ebrooke.org
Janette Kerr joined Brooke in 2018 as Director of College Counseling. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Kerr worked in youth development, community engagement, and college counseling in Chicago non-profits and high schools for twenty years.

Ms. Sarah Holden

Director of College Success and Post Secondary Support

B.A., Wheaton College; M.Ed., Lesley University; CAGS, University of Massachusetts Amherst
sholden@ebrooke.org
Sarah Holden joined Brooke in 2011 as the Director of the Office of High School and College Success. She currently serves as the Director of College Success and Post Secondary Support, working with Brooke alumni as they earn their college degrees. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Holden was the Director of Guidance for an area high school.

Ms. Jackie Disch

School Psychologist

B.S., Tulane University; M.A., Tufts University
jdisch@ebrooke.org
Jackie Disch joined Brooke in 2020 as a School Psychologist in Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Disch completed her master’s degree in school psychology at Tufts University.

Ms. Shaiyar Hall

Social Worker

B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.S.W., Boston College
shall@ebrooke.org
Shaiyar Hall joined Brooke in 2021 as a social worker at Brooke Roslindale and Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Hall worked at Horizons summer academic enrichment program at Dedham Country Day School. Prior to that, Ms. Hall worked at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Department of Children and Families as a Social Worker.

Mr. Bryce Scottron

School Counselor
bscottron@ebrooke.org

Ms. Carolin Bido

College Counselor

B.A., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
cbido@ebrooke.org
Carolin Bido joined Brooke in July of 2020, as a college counselor at Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Carolin spent two years serving East Boston High School students with the College Advising Corps - Boston University.

Ms. Darneala Sequeira

School Nurse

BSN, Laboure College
dsequeira@ebrooke.org
Darneala Sequeira joined the Brooke team in August 2017 as the school Nurse and is now the Founding School Nurse of the Brooke High School and Eighth Grade Academy. Prior to Brooke she worked at the Codman Square Health Center for 13 years, 8 years in Pediatrics and 5 years as a Staff Nurse in Family Medicine.

Mrs. Sarah Hughes

Director of Interventions

B.A., Smith College; M.A., Simmons College
shughes@ebrooke.org
Sarah Hughes joined Brooke in 2018 as a ninth grade history and literature teacher on the Brooke High School team. She currently serves as Director of Interventions. Before coming to Brooke, Mrs. Hughes taught for more than 11 years in a variety of educational settings including charter public, district public, and independent schools.

Mr. Patrick Bates

Humanities Teacher

B.A., California State University, Fullerton
pbates@ebrooke.org
Patrick Bates joined Brooke in 2021 as a 10th Grade Humanities Teacher at Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Mr. Bates taught for 2 years as an A.P United States History and World History teacher in California.

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Ms. Theresa Byrne

Humanities Teacher

B.A. and Ed.M., Harvard University

tbyrne@ebrooke.org

Ms. Joanna Cabrera

Humanities Teacher

B.A., Syracuse University
joanna.cabrera@ebrooke.org
Joanna Cabrera joined Brooke in 2019 as an Associate Teacher at Brooke High School, where she is now teaching 9th grade Composition. Prior to joining Brooke, Ms. Cabrera worked many summers as a teaching fellow with Generation Teach before graduating from Syracuse University in the spring of 2019. Ms. Cabrera is a Brooke Charter School alum.

Ms. Christine Ko

Humanities Teacher

B.S., Vanderbilt University
cko@ebrooke.org
Christine Ko joined Brooke in 2017 as the Founding 10th Grade AP United States History and American Literature at the High School. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Ko taught AP World History for four years in Metro Nashville Public Schools.

Mr. Scott Dollen

Humanities Teacher

B.A., Gonzaga University
sdollen@ebrooke.org
Scott Dollen joined Brooke in 2021 as a humanities teacher at Brooke High School. Before teaching at Brooke, Scott taught AP World History for 5 years at Roxbury Prep High School in Boston, and was the founding coach of their Quiz Bowl team.

Ms. Kelley Ferreira

Humanities Teacher

B.A., College of the Holy Cross; M.Ed., Boston University
kferreira@ebrooke.org
Kelley Ferreira joined Brooke in 2021 as a humanities teacher at Brooke Charter High School Team. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Ferreira spent four years serving the Springfield community at Phoenix Charter Academy.

Ms. Tasha Frank

Humanities Teacher

B.A., Rollins College
tfrank@ebrooke.org
Tasha Frank joined Brooke in July of 2020 as an Associate Teacher at Brooke High School, where she is now a humanities teacher. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Frank worked as a long-term substitute teacher at Winthrop High School. She also has more than six years of experience in content editing, content creation, and project management in the fields of Academic, Information Technology, and STEM publishing.

Mr. Jim Mayers

Humanities Teacher

B.A., St. Lawrence University; M.A.T., Relay Graduate School of Education
jmayers@ebrooke.org
Jim Mayers joined Brooke in 2019 as the eleventh grade AP Language & Composition Teacher. Before coming to Brooke, Mr. Mayers taught AP Seminar for two years in Brooklyn, was an instructional coach with Teach For America - Arkansas, and taught eighth and tenth grade English for four years in Marked Tree, Arkansas.

Mr. Josh Morton

Humanities Teacher

B.A., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
jmorton@ebrooke.org
Josh Morton joined Brooke in July 2020 as an Associate Teacher at Brooke High School, where he is now a humanities teacher. Before coming to Brooke, Mr. Morton worked as a building-based substitute at John B. Devalles Elementary in New Bedford.

Ms. Maddy Nam

Humanities Teacher

B.A. Harvard College; M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education
mnam@ebrooke.org
Maddy Nam joined Brooke in 2020 as a History and Literature teacher at Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Nam taught English and coached debate for two years at Roxbury Prep High School.

Ms. Gabriella Sharpe

Humanities Teacher

B.S., Boston College
gsharpe@ebrooke.org
Gabriella Sharpe joined Brooke in 2016 as an Associate Teacher in the Brooke High School Humanities Department. Since then, Ms. Sharpe has been a tenth grade AP US history and literature teacher at Brooke. Ms. Sharpe currently serve as a 12th grade literature teacher. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Sharpe was an elementary music teacher and an eighth grade English teacher in MS.

Ms. Lauren Shively

Humanities Teacher

B.A., Colgate University; M.A.T. Simmons University
lshively@ebrooke.org
Lauuren Shively joined Brooke in 2019 as a tenth grade United States American history and literature teacher at Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Shively taught English for five years at City on a Hill Charter Public School Dudley Square in Roxbury and taught English as a Foreign Language for one year in Yilan, Taiwan.

Ms. Casey Sullivan

Humanities Teacher

B.A., The University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.A., Fitchburg State University
csullivan@ebrooke.org
Casey Sullivan joined Brooke in 2021 as a tenth grade humanities teacher at Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Sullivan worked for three years as a history teacher at Roxbury Prep High School.

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Mr. Brandi Brillant

Math Teacher

B.S., Southern Connecticut State University; M.P.H., University of Massachusetts Amherst

bbrillant@ebrooke.org

Brandi Brillant joined Brooke in July of 2020, as a Math Teacher at Brooke's Eighth Grade Academy and is currently teaching math at Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Mr. Brillant had three years providing service with Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated in Springfield Massachusetts. Mr. Brillant also had two years experience teaching seventh and eighth grade math at Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Middle School.

Ms. Melinda Casey-Magleby

Math Teacher

B.A. College of the Atlantic;f M.A.. University of Chicago; M.A., Harvard University
mmagleby@ebrooke.org
Melinda Casey-Magleby joined the Brooke Roslindale team in 2006 as a middle school science teacher. Since then, Ms. Casey-Magleby has taught middle school math at Brooke Roslindale, math at Eighth Grade Academy and is currently serving as a math teacher at Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Casey-Magleby worked at a non-profit in Chelsea and worked in schools in Boston and Chicago.

Mr. Carter Hempleman

Math Teacher

B.S., Lehigh University; M.S., Columbia University
chempleman@ebrooke.org
Carter Hempleman joined Brooke in 2018 as an Algebra I and II teacher at Brooke High School. He is currently serving as the ninth grade team leader and is teaching AP Statistics. Before coming to Brooke, he was with Uncommon Schools as the assistant principal and math & science coordinator at Roxbury Prep Mission Hill and the founding 7th and 8th grade math teacher at Roxbury Prep Dorchester. Mr. Hempleman started his professional career working as a financial advisor with Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

Ms. Murielle Joseph

Math Teacher

B.A. Providence College
mjoseph@ebrooke.org
Prior to joining Brooke in September 2018 as an Associate Teacher, she graduated from Providence College in 2015 with a degree in Social Sciences, focusing in Psychology, Political Science, and History. She immediately went on to complete a year of service as an AmeriCorps Member with City Year Miami, and later for a second year with City Year Providence. During her two years in these two cities she worked mentoring and tutoring in 9th grade Algebra I classes. For the past year she worked part time as a youth mechanics instructor teaching STEM and bike building to high school students at a community bike shop in Providence, as well as being a substitute teacher for Boston Public Schools.

Ms. Brenna Flatley

Science Teacher

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University; M.S., John Carroll University
bflatley@ebrooke.org
Brenna Flatley joined Brooke in 2021, as a physics teacher at Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Flatley taught and coached robotics for two years at ITW David Speer Academy in Chicago, IL. Prior to that she taught at Columbiana High School for three years outside of Youngstown, OH.

Mr. Cedric Jacobson

Science Teacher

B.S. Chemistry, Microbiology and B.A. in Biology University of Montana; M.Ed Southern Methodist University
cjacobson@ebrooke.org
Cedric Jacobson joined Brooke in 2018 as the Chemistry Teacher at Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Mr. Jacobson had nine years of teaching experience with numerous accolades, including being recognized as a Distinguished Teacher at the Achievement First Network and being selected as a finalist for Dallas ISD Teacher of the Year.

Ms. Adaline King

Science Teacher

B.A., University of New Hampshire; M.A., University of the Pacific
adaline.king@ebrooke.org
Adaline King joined Brooke in 2021 as a science teacher at Brooke High School. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. King taught ninth grade biology at Roxbury Prep High School for three years. Prior to that she taught biology at Golden State Prep in Oakland, CA for three years and was the grade level lead.

Ms. Luyan Lin

Science Teacher

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.S., Johns Hopkins University
llin@ebrooke.org
Luyan Lin joined Brooke in 2019 as the biology teacher on the Brooke High School Team. Before coming to Brooke, Ms. Lin served as a 2016 Teach for America corps member and worked in Bridgeport, Connecticut as the 7th grade science teacher and grade level chair.

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Mr. Rene Alderete

Spanish Teacher

B.A., The University of Texas at Austin; M.Ed., Boston College

ralderete@ebrooke.org

Rene Alderete joined Brooke in 2021 as a Spanish Teacher for Brooke Charter High School. Before coming to Brooke, Mr. Alderete was a Dean of Instruction at KIPP Massachusetts.