Part of our commitment to personalized learning as well as providing a broad and balanced curriculum is to ensure that we have high caliber specialists to deliver our curriculum. When hiring faculty for specialist programs we ensure that every teacher is an expert in their area of instruction. Our faculty have an average of 9 years of teaching experience in their area expertise so our students are learning from the best whether it be PE, the arts, languages or technology. To support our students physical and emotional wellness we have full time counselors and nurses to help ensure our students have a healthy and happy day at Stamford.
Stamford American School Hong Kong
Specialist Teachers
Innovation Teaching Team
Julia Wales
Grade 5 School Teacher, B.G.E, B.Ed.
Dennis Ming Nichols
Secondary STEMinn Teacher, BA, MA, PGCE
Max Michelson
Educational Technology Coordinator, BA, PDGE
Ayesh De Alwis
Elementary STEMinn Coordinator, BA, PGCE
Kristina Parisi
Librarian, BA
Justine Tizzard
Secondary STEMinn Teacher, BSc, MRes, PGCE
Mandarin And Spanish Teaching Team
Mandy Yang
Mandarin and EAL Teacher, BEd, MEd
Yuni Barton
Mandarin Teacher, BEd, BA
Caroline Lam
Music and Mandarin Teacher, BA (Hons), PGDE, MEd, MEd
Sherry Lau
Mandarin Teacher, BA, PGDE, MA
Ashleigh Shi
Mandarin Teacher, BA, MEd
Huan Wang
Mandarin Teacher, BA, MA
Justin Zhang
Head of Mandarin, BA, CertEd, DipEd, QTS, MA, MAT, FRSA, Doctoral Candidate
Seren Zhang
Mandarin Teacher, BEd, BSocSc, MA
Marcela Cristancho
Spanish Teacher, BA, TESOL
Andrés González
Spanish Teacher, BEd(Hons), MAT, PGCE.
Maite Rodriguez
Spanish Teacher, MA, PGCE
Yena Wang
Mandarin Teacher, BA, MA, PGDE
Arts Teaching Team
Mario Colbacchini
Music Teacher, BA, MA
Ethan Lester
Visual Art Teacher, BA, PGCE, MA
Hannah Kung
Art Teacher, BA, ECE Dip
Christy L. Greenfeather
Drama Teacher, BA, PGCE, MA (in progress)
Physical Education / Athletics Teaching Team
Liliana R. Martins
Physical Education and Outdoor Education Coordinator, BEd, MEd
Edward Styles
Physical Education Teacher and Award for Young People Coordinator, BSc (Hons), PGCE
Jamie Barnfather
Physical Education Teacher, BSc (Hons), PGCE, MEd (In progress)
Student Support/Cover Teacher
Naomi Shannon
Secondary Learning Support and High School Wellbeing Coordinator, BSc, PGCE
Divina Ancheta
Behavior Interventionist, BEd, MA
Mia Nortje
Head of Student Support, BEd
Yvonne Wong
Learning Support Teacher, BA, MEd, PGDE (SpEd)
Helen Fung
University Counselor, BA (Hons), MA, MEd
Jeni Chesnut-Tangerman
Counselor and Deputy DSL, BA, MEd
EAL Teaching Team
Mandy Yang
Mandarin and EAL Teacher, BEd, MEd
Este Verhave
EAL Teacher, BEd
Emma Chen
EAL Teacher, BS, MEd Global Education
Naomi Nair
EAL Teacher, BA, MA, BEd
Shaila Samtani
Head of EAL, BBA, PGCE, CELTA, NASSEA Language, Literacy, and Learning Teacher Trainer
Katie Ho
EAL Teacher, BS, MA
School Nurses
Susanna Chan
School Nurse
Monique Welsh
School Nurse and Deputy DSL
