Stephanie Gounder has served as a principal at YES Prep Brays Oaks Secondary since 2015. Stephanie began her career at Brays Oaks in 2010 and has served as a middle school English teacher, literacy specialist, dean of instruction, director of academics and assistant school director. In 2008, she started her teaching career at in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as a Teach For America – South Louisiana corps member. Stephanie has a B.A. from Amherst College and an M.A. in Public School Leadership from Teacher’s College at Columbia University.

Antonio “Tony” Castillo is serving as the principal at YES Prep Fifth Ward Secondary. Previously, Tony worked at YES Prep Southwest Secondary as a teacher and later an administrator. Tony served as principal at YES Prep Southside Secondary. Tony is a proud graduate of Rice University, receiving his Bachelor of Science in Earth Science – Geology.

Cintia Arenas has served as principal at YES Prep Gulfton Secondary since 2020. She graduated from the University of Houston with a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. While attending college, Cintia was placed at YES Prep Lee, now YES Prep Gulfton, and held many positions including office aide, teaching assistant, seventh grade math instructor, grade level chair, dean of students and director of student support. 

Chase Sander is the founding principal at YES Prep Hobby Secondary. Chase previously served as the principal of YES Prep Hoffman Middle, and the the operations manager at YES Prep Fifth Ward Secondary for three years. Chase also worked for Teach For America and served students in the Rio Grande Valley as a Teach For America corps member. Chase is a graduate from The University of Texas at Austin.

Justin West has served as principal at Hoffman Middle since 2019. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Child and Family Development. He is a Teach for America alumnus. He has served in YES Prep North Forest Secondary as a seventh grade English Language Arts teacher, and held positions of grade level chair, high school dean of students and director of student support. 

Michelle LaFlure is the founding principal of North Central Elementary. Michelle served as a principal at YES Prep North Central Secondary from 2014 to 2019. Prior to becoming the principal, Michelle taught all levels of Spanish, sixth through eighth grade English, and history at North Central Secondary. She also was the first-ever dean of instruction and then worked as the director of academics. Michelle has a bachelor's in Elementary Education from Calvin College and a master's in Education from the University of St. Thomas. She is also a Teach For America Corps alumna.

Prior to becoming principal at YES Prep North Central Secondary, Jeff served as their director of academics.  Before joining the YES Prep family, Jeff was the associate director of data driven instruction and formative assessment at Denver Public Schools.  Prior to that, he worked at DSST Public Schools as the senior manager of professional learning, the founding school director of DSST: Cole Middle School, and teacher of sixth grade science.  Jeff is a Memphis 2006 Teach For America corps member and graduate of the University of Central Florida.

Johnie Flores is the founding principal of North Forest Elementary. Johnie joined YES Prep in 2012 as an instructional coach for Teaching Excellence. In 2013, she transitioned back to a campus and served as a dean of instruction and director of academics at YES Prep Brays Oaks Secondary for six years. From 2007 through 2012, she taught a variety of subjects to diverse student populations at Houston Independent School District. Johnie obtained a Bachelor of Science in Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin, Master of Education from the University of Houston, and holds a Texas Principal Certification. 

Bryce Moore has served as North Forest Secondary's principal since 2020. He attended Prairie View A&M University, where he earned a degree in Criminal Justice. In 2010, Bryce started his career as a sixth grade history teacher with KIPP Polaris College Preparatory for Boys located in the North Forest community. Afterwards, he joined the YES Prep North Forest Secondary family, where he served as the middle school dean of students for two years and director of student support his last year. 

Greg Little first joined YES Prep in 2011 as a middle school social studies teacher, as a founding team member at YES Prep Fifth Ward Secondary. Before becoming principal at YES Prep Northbrook High, Greg had the opportunity to serve as a resident school principal at YES Prep Fifth Ward Secondary and YES Prep North Central Secondary. In his 10 years in education, Greg has served as a teacher, grade level chair, coach, athletic director, dean of students and director of student support. Greg is also a Teach For America alumnus.

Prior to being principal of Northbrook Middle, Eric was the principal at YES Prep Southwest Secondary from 2012 until 2017. He has an undergraduate degree in theology from Xavier University and a masters in the teaching of English from Columbia. He got his start in education in 2001 as a Teacher For America corps member in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he taught French. 

Previously, Brittany McGruder served as the director of academics at YES Prep Northbrook Middle. She was also a dean of instruction at YES Prep Hoffman and a science teacher at Fondren Middle School. She has a B.A. from The University of Tennessee at Martin.

Prior to becoming principal of YES Prep North Forest Secondary, James Mosley served as dean of students at YES Prep Northside Secondary for two years. He came to YES Prep as an instructional coach with Teaching Excellence. James previously served students in the North Forest community as a teacher and leader at KIPP Polaris. James attended Stephen F. Austin State University for his undergraduate studies and Concordia University for his graduate education. 

Laura Dugan is the founding principal of YES Prep Northwest Secondary.  Before becoming principal, Laura was the dean of instruction for two years and dean of academics for three at YES Prep Fifth Ward Secondary, an instructional coach with Teaching Excellence, and taught third and fourth grade at Rusk Elementary School in HISD as a Teach For America corps member.  Laura has a B.S. from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee.

Prior to YES Prep, Diana Rios worked as a classroom teacher for more than ten years in Colombia, Guatemala and the United States. She comes with experience as a grade level chair and teacher in the general and bilingual education classrooms at the elementary level. She has also taught adults and children with exceptionalities. Most recently, Diana served as a teacher specialist and administrator at De Chaumes Elementary in HISD. Diana has a bachelor’s in Education from the University of Antioquia in Colombia and a master's in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University. 

Eileen Romero Galligan worked as the director of academics at YES Prep Southeast Secondary for three years prior to becoming principal. She joined the Southeast family as a 2007 Teach For America corps member and taught seventh grade English. Eileen earned her B.A. in English Literature and Urban Education Policy from the University of Pennsylvania, where she worked in the West Philadelphia schools as a tutor and after-school program intern. 

Prior to becoming the founding principal of Southside Elementary, Andrea Citchen was principal of YES Prep Eisenhower High. She is a graduate from the University of Missouri where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction and a Masters of Education in Educational Leadership. Prior to joining YES in 2015, Andrea served in various roles at KIPP for nine years. Prior to joining KIPP, she was an elementary school teacher with Indianapolis Public Schools. 

Prior to serving as principal  of YES Prep Southside Secondary,  Jamie Downs worked as the interim director of academics at YES Prep Hoffman Middle. Jamie was a 2007 Houston Teach For America corps member, who taught sixth grade English Language Arts at Fondren Middle School. He then worked for TFA in Kansas City before returning to Houston to attend the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program and teach at YES Prep North Forest Secondary. Jamie later worked as an assistant principal at Sharpstown High School in the Houston Independent School District. Jamie also served as the principal at YES Prep Eisenhower High before transferring to Southside.

Prior to becoming principal of YES Prep Southwest Secondary, Eric Espinoza served as the middle school dean of students for five years. He also taught four years of Spanish I and II and served as a grade level chair. Eric graduated from YES Prep Southeast Secondary in 2003. 

Sara Millimet Kaveeshwar has served as principal at YES Prep West Secondary since 2020. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in health science at Rice University. After graduating, she earned a Master of Public Health degree at Emory University, with a focus in health education. Sara is a Teach For America corps alumna. In her time at YES Prep, Sara has worked at both YES Prep Southeast Secondary and YES Prep Southside Secondary as an eighth grade science teacher, a science content specialist and a dean of instruction. 

Previously, Jennifer Greene served as principal of YES Prep Hoffman Middle for two years. She also worked as a dean of students at YES Prep East End Secondary and was a founding staff member of YES Prep Gulfton Secondary. During her time at Gulfton, she was awarded the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award. Jennifer earned her undergraduate degree from American University and her graduate degree from Columbia University.