New Staff Members of 2019

Josh Warn, the criminal justice, public safety, and social studies teacher, is one of the latest additions to the Nipomo High School staff.   After graduating from San Francisco State, and obtaining his teacher credential from San Diego State, Warn worked as a professional journalist, an EMT( emergency medical technician) and an ambulance worker for ten years.   Deciding to take a break from work, ...

Mike Terry is one of Nipomo High School’s new staff members. Terry is our campus’ recent addition to the P.E. department and has been a P.E. teacher for 15 years, but a teacher for 25 years. Terry moved from Irvine, California, and wanted to move to the area due to family. “My parents live in the area and both my daughters go to school here; one goes to Santa Barbara and one goes to Cal Poly,” ...

Starla Morgan is a new math teacher on the Nipomo High School campus and already loves it. She teaches Algebra I, II, and Geometry.   She has been teaching for eight years and loves every second of it. Last year she taught at Templeton, but wanted to come back to Nipomo, so once the school had an opening, she took it in a heartbeat.   “I love the excitement, the campus spirit and lif...

One of Nipomo High’s newest staff members, Mrs. Cervantez of the English department, left her home in the Central Valley to come to the Central Coast about seven years ago to pursue teaching. Although she misses her friends and the good food in the valley, she loves the coast for its beauty and fresh air. When she’s not enjoying the outdoors, Mrs. Cervantez is using her free time to bond with fa...

Personal Life Gabe Andrade spent half of her childhood in Fresno and half here on the Central Coast. It It is clear that she enjoys the Central Coast by the fact that she’s worked on numerous schools of different variations throughout the area. She came to work at Nipomo High School because it was “busier here with all the people.” When she is not at work, she enjoys activities like tenn...

Mr. Avery is the area administrator at Nipomo High School, a father of four kids, and a new member of the Nipomo High School staff. As he works through the first semester of the 2019-2020 school year, Mr. Avery finds that the best part of his job is connecting students to a source of help and guiding them through their academic decisions. This responsibility involves working with a student’s ac...

Not many people enjoy what others dismiss. For Loni Doan, guiding her special education students, who are often overlooked by others, is what drives her to teach.    “I like being an advocate for those students who tend to get pushed aside. They just want to be able to do everything others do,” she explained.   She always knew she wanted to work with kids and be a good resource...

Nipomo High School welcomed many new staff members to the Titan family this school year, including Kaetlin Jensen. In her early years, Jensen enjoyed growing up in the Bay area with her family. “The weather was nice there and it was very diverse, it was nice being able to meet new people and try new things.”   She described herself as a “seeking” person due to her adventures and bubbly person...

Maria King is a new staff member in the Nipomo High School family. She is working with the special education department.   She is from Central Valley in a small town called Oakdale. She grew up in the Bay Area.   King has traveled from top to bottom of California. She has seen and felt so many weather changes, scenery changes, and communities. She lived north of California in San Jose and Ch...

Moses Molina works in student records for Nipomo High school. However, this isn’t the first time he has stepped foot on Nipomo High’s campus.   Moses was once a student at Nipomo High School and graduated in 2011. He also made several appearances back at the school when he started working on the quad in October. “It was nice being back at this school and being back somewhere I graduated fr...

Mrs. Oksner is our school’s new Career center technician. She’s a lovely smile to see around campus and greets people with the phrase, “make it a great day.” She describes Nipomo as having a “sense of community” and loves the fact that she gets to be present in both NHS and CCNT campuses. Both campuses are very different from each other and she looks forward to working with the diverse ...