eva sánchez-calixtro

EVA@MANZANITASCHOOL.ORG

Eva acts as Manzanita’s Director of Admissions and as a High School Moxie Block Mentor. In the 12 years before she joined Manzanita, Eva worked in two different private schools, with her last role as the Admissions Coordinator & Office Manager at MUSE. She finds deep meaning through the knowledge that every time she leaves the office to substitute for a class, she ends up learning something new with the students. The biggest thing she appreciates about this community is the close intimate connections built with students and one another. She feels she often serves students best in a mentoring relationship where she can listen, give advice when needed, and share her experiences genuinely with the hope they can relate it to whatever successes or challenges they might be experiencing. Through this mentoring, she gets to know students on a deeper level, learns how to better support them, and grows a vast empathetic knowledge about the kids’ outlook on the world. Outside school hours, Eva enjoys supporting her children, Santiago and Sebastian, enriching their athletic passions through Basketball. During vacation times, they take trips to the park for picnics and venturing out to the beach to dig their toes in the sand. She also enjoys tending to her family’s fruit trees, biking around the neighborhood, and watching movies.

Joined: 2020 (Year Seven)