MPUSD Celebrates Employees for its 2023-2024 Years of Service

Every spring the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District honors employees years of service with a certificate of recognition and years of service pin to commemorate their commitment to the district, their school or department, and ultimately to the students and families on the peninsula.

Writer Annie Dillard in her book The Writing Life famously said, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Most employees spend most of their waking hours at work. Research indicates the average person will spend approximately one-third of their life or 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (January 2022), the median number of years that employees have worked for their current employer is currently 4.1 years. For women, median tenure was 3.8 years in January 2022, little changed from the median of 3.9 years in January 2020. Among men, 28 percent of wage and salary workers had 10 years or more of tenure with their current employer in January 2022, higher than the figure for women (26 percent).

We extend a heartfelt congratulations to 178 MPUSD employees who surpassed the median number of years at an organization and reached a milestone year in the school district - 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 45 and 50 years. 

The years of service recognition program began six years ago and the district has been recognizing employees for reaching milestones in their career. The criteria to calculate years of service is the employees start date with the cutoff date of June 30 each year. Each year in the month of June, the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District honors employees years of service with a certificate of recognition and years of service pin to commemorate their commitment to the district, their school or department, and ultimately to the students and families on the peninsula.

Years of service awards or service awards celebrate the tenure of MPUSD employees who have worked with the district for a considerable amount of time beginning with recognizing the five year mark. It is an honor to commemorate the work anniversaries or years of services for MPUSD teachers and staff.

Join us in congratulating the following individuals who have committed to serving students and families in the communities of Marina, Monterey, Seaside, Del Rey Oaks and Sand City.

Five Years of Service

Megan Aday
Elizabeth Aispuro
Christopher Apuada
Nicholas Artinyan
Maria Balbuena
Aaron Beecher
Erika Bertelsen
Rosalyn Book
Reginald Breland
Sarah Brutzman
Elizabeth Chavez Botello
Ceile Chirignan 
Jillian Chopyk
Caroline Clements
Drew Coleman
Robin Connery
Rebekah Corbishley
Casandra Crosson
Sandyvel Diaz Jimenez
Ellen Doskey
Jesus Enriquez Gutierrez
Kisha Ferguson
Heidi Ficarra
David Founds
Michele Friedman
Adam Friedman
Paula Garcia
Katherine Griffin-Hart
Jocelyne Hernandez
Benjamin Holliday
Keira Hord
Troy Hunter
Nancy Ishak
Cynthia Jodlowski-Mendoza
Waheda Karzai
Lilyanne Kelly
Amanda Kort
Raymond Lualemana
Teddy Magana Patigian
Alyssa Mah
Joanna Marsh
Magaly McAleavey
Lindsay McCormick
Beau McCoy
Alexandra McGann
Marlon McGaugh
Ryan McNamara
Jasmine Merritt
Brittany Mills
Kimberly Moir
Mayra Molina
Renee Mondragon
Francisco Morazan Jimenez
Janardhan Naicker
Hersya Naputi
Ivy Ottmar
Aisha Pachi
Maria Magdalena Padilla De Luna
Tyler Pappageorgas
Nathalie Patronik
Neam Raffo
Leonardo Rangel
William Richards IV
Alejandro Rocha
Jesus Rocha
Rebeca Rosiles
Braulio Ruvalcaba
Samanta Sakay
Andrea Salaz
Jorge Sanchez
Theresa Sisemore
Jason Sopoaga
Nikesha Stanley
Laurence Stone
Mario Tamayo
Martha Tonkin
Ivana Torba
Kathleen Weller
Brooke Wilson
Frank Wyant
Jordan Yard
Sara Youngbar
Hiroko Zeller

10 Years of Service

Lorrein Alejandre
Caitlin Aleru
Jesse Almand
Laura Baza
Nicholaus Bourgeois
Veronica Brewington
Fleur Burke
Cesar Cardenas
April Celestino
Mary Cleveland
Cameron Cloutier
Lauren Cooper
Ian Edwards
Alejandro Fernandez
Emmich Flores
Jordan Garnett
Ryan Harber
Micha James
Roger Jones
Tina Lindsey
Annissa Maestri
Brett Marshall
Richelle Mitchell
Susan Morgan
Amanda Munoz
Jenelle Newman
Jason Nicholson
Manny Nuñez
Kevin O'Haire
Keith Perreira
Maria Pinedo Mendoza
Sara Prather
Roberto Quarles Mooring
Daniel Regalado
Jonathan Reyes
Ana Rocha
Brian Schoenfelder
Ashley Siemensma
Susie Thomas
Beatriz Torres
Jose Vazquez
Aaron Wood
Yao Yu
Wei Zhang