Faculty and Staff

Kindergarten Morning Teacher

Alma McCarty

B.A. in Education, Eastern New Mexico University

Alma McCarty was born and raised in Mexico and migrated to the United States with her family at age eleven. She graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1993 with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a double minor in Bilingual Education and Spanish. The Lord has blessed her with the opportunity to teach in four states: New Mexico, Texas, Oregon, and California. With 31 years of teaching experience, most of which has been teaching Kindergarten, she believes with all her heart that teaching is her calling. Spanish in Action, an interactive after-school program designed by Alma, teaches students to speak Spanish. Teaching this program has challenged and helped her maintain fluency, comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing ability in her native language. She has been happily married for 28 years to her husband, Bayrn, and blessed with three amazing children, two who are now young adults. She enjoys playing board games and spending time with family and friends. She finds great joy in reading the Word, prayer, and worship the Lord. It is her mission to instill a love of learning and teaching and to encourage all students to become lifelong learners to the glory of God.

Kindergarten Afternoon Teacher

Julie Campbell

First Grade Teacher

Elizabeth Mitchell

B.A. in Liberal Studies, California Polytechnic University

M.A. in Education, Chapman University

Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell is a longtime resident of California’s Central Coast, with more than seventeen years of educational experience, including five years of homeschooling. Passionate about teaching and committed to the highest standard of Christ-like integrity, Mrs. Mitchell’s classroom presence is one of love and joy. Highly respected by students and parents alike, Mrs. Mitchell is a teacher who is patient and kind, hard-working, and dedicated to being a lifelong learner.

She is married to the love of her life and prayer partner, Matthew. Elizabeth and Matthew have lived faithfully in this community for over 30 years. Together they have raised three sons, young men who love the Lord and know Him as Savior. Mrs. Mitchell defines her life passions as teaching, reading, writing, and enjoying the splendor of our coast. She also thoroughly enjoys spending time in the scriptures, worshipping, writing poetry, taking long walks with Matthew, and sharing time with her sons. 

Second Grade Teacher

Olivia Reeves

B.A. in Spanish, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

A California native, Olivia grew up in the Sacramento area. In 2023 she graduated with her B.A. in Spanish, minoring in Crop Production from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Upon graduation, she moved to Santa Cruz, Bolivia where she taught English and Bible classes at an orphanage. Blessed with both her parents as teachers, Olivia has been involved in education for much of her life while tutoring in a variety of subjects for the past 10 years. Her hobbies include reading, creating, and hiking, and learning new skills.

Third Grade Teacher

Kimberlee Vasquez

B.S., Hillsdale College

M.S., Plant Biology, Arizona State University

M.Ed. City College of New York

Kim Vasquez was born and raised in Michigan. She attended Hillsdale College for undergraduate studies before moving west to Arizona to pursue a Masters in plant biology. There she met her husband, Brian, who was training to become a pilot in the USAF. Together they have lived in many places including Arizona, Utah, New York, South Africa, Michigan, Colorado and Oregon. Their four children all attend Christ Classical School with ages ranging from six to twelve. The Vasquez family enjoys traveling, playing with their puppy Lilly, and spending time in nature. 

Fourth Grade Teacher

Allison Easley

B.S. Animal Science, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Allison is a California native from the Los Angeles area.  After high school, she earned a degree in Animal Science at Cal Poly, where she met the Lord.  After college, Allison followed the call to be a missionary in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.  Through Campus Crusade, she worked mainly with educators, discipling young women and leading Bible studies in the schools, which gave her a passion for teaching.  Upon returning to the States, she earned her multiple subject teaching credential at Sac State and started her educational career in 1998 in Elk Grove, teaching from third through sixth grades.  After working in the public school system for 18 years, Allison returned to the Central Coast with her family to work and to invest in her children’s education through homeschooling.  She has homeschooled for the past eight years, seven of which were focused on classical education.  

Allison and her family live in Cambria.  She loves to spend time with her family, go on adventures, read by the beach, knit, play games, drink coffee, and spend time in her yard with her dog, cat, and chickens.

Fifth Grade Teacher

Pieter Saayman

6th & Secondary Teacher

Kathleen Tiesiera

B.S. in Accounting, Pepperdine University

Latin Teacher

Audrey Centeio

Art Teacher

Shayleen Evers

Archery Teacher

Kiera Brooks

Physical Education Teacher

Christopher Tiesiera

B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in religion, Pepperdine University

Office Manager

Hannah Ruffner

Hannah grew up in Awesometown (Santa Clarita, CA) and moved to the Central Coast in 2019. Her love for project management and event coordination dates back to her ASB high school days. Upon graduation, she went on to become an Art Department Production Assistant in Hollywood. Ingenuity, on-the-fly decision making, and creativity were her strong suit. God saved her during this season and provided her the role of Missions and Outreach Administrative Assistant at Grace Baptist Church. In 2019 she moved to SLO and worked for Fellowship of Christian Athletes, to assist in planning galas, camps and ordering copious amounts of pizza! Her role here at Christ Classical encompasses all that God had allowed her to do leading up to this position. Hannah loves rigorous hiking, thrift shopping, spending time with her church family and hosting events.