Joliet Public Schools District 86 welcomed more than 50 new educators for the 2025-26 school year.

The new employees attended weeklong orientation meetings in August.

Sessions included information on curriculum, equity and student services, technology, safety, and security.

New certified staff members include:

• Aaron Alderden, Hufford Junior High
• Caprice Alexandre, Thomas Jefferson Elementary
• Debra Angileri, Dirksen Junior High
• Brianna Aparicio Montalvo, Hufford Junior High
• Junior Arauz Aguilar, Gompers Junior High
• Jennifer Beltran, Farragut Elementary
• Kathryn Benefield, Pershing Elementary
• Melissa Berry, Hufford Junior High
• Nicole Burns, Marycrest Early Childhood Center
• Eboni Caldwell, J.F. Kennedy Administrative Center
• Joy Cappel, Farragut Elementary
• Jeffreey Castro Rocha, T.E. Culbertson Elementary
• Angelina Cortesi, Washington Junior High
• Kacey Dewall, Farragut Elementary
• Deanne Dobzyk, Dirksen Junior High
• Elexis Donson, Thomas Jefferson Elementary
• Beverly Edmon, Farragut Elementary
• Katelyn Engle, Pershing Elementary
• Jennifer Espada, Dirksen Junior High
• America Francisco Garcia, M.J. Cunningham Elementary
• Nicole Gleaves, Woodland Elementary
• Thomas Gustafson, Pershing Elementary
• Alicia Gutierrez, Edna Keith Elementary
• Lauren Hansen, Washington Junior High
• Sergio Hernandez, Sator Sanchez Elementary
• Kaitlyn Kutscher, M.J. Cunningham Elementary
• Katrina Johnson, Eisenhower Academy
• Kaitlyn Laduzinsky, M.J. Cunningham Elementary
• Edwin Lara-Perez, Gompers Junior High
• Ana Lopez, Woodland Elementary
• Karol Lozano, Washington Junior High
• Benjamin Mancera Moreno, Dirksen Junior High
• Samantha Martinus, M.J. Cunningham Elementary
• McKenzie Marcum, Forest Park Individual Education
• Jacqueline McElwain, Carl Sandburg Elementary
• Brianna Medema, Sator Sanchez Elementary
• Jahson Muhammad, Washington Junior High
• Eduvina Onate, M.J. Cunningham Elementary
• Kaitlyn Ortiz, A.O. Marshall Elementary
• Alicia Perez Sanchez, Sator Sanchez Elementary
• Emely Porras, Isaac Singleton Elementary
• Gabriela Reyes, Edna Keith Elementary
• Ashley Romeo, Sator Sanchez Elementary
• Victor Romo-Lomelli, Farragut Elementary
• Daniela Sanchez, Edna Keith Elementary
• Yisel Natalia Sanchez, Gompers Junior High
• Adayris Santiago, T.E. Culbertson Elementary
• Elizabeth Shaffer, Lynne Thigpen Elementary
• LaShawnda Szychliski, Hufford Junior High
• Angela Vazquez, Thomas Jefferson Elementary
• Steven Werling, Farragut Elementary
• Rachel Wietting, Farragut Elementary
• Kaylee Woolman, Hufford Junior High
• Adriana Zuniga, Washington Junior High