guidance department
Guidance Staff

All students at Marcos de Niza have an assigned counselor according to the first letter of the student's last name. The counseling department will do everything possible to ensure that Marcos students have the same counselor for the duration of their high school experience. We feel that establishment of a close working relationship between the counselors and the students assigned to them is more likely under this arrangement. Also, counselors get to know the "whole individual", which contributes to providing consistent, efficient services to students and their families."

Counselors' assignments are as follows:

If a parent or guardian would like to meet with their student's counselor, we recommend they contact the assigned counselor for an appointment.

  Counselor Phone # (838-3200) Added Responsibilities
A-B

Leah Lang

email:
llang@tuhsd.k12.az.us

x47658
  • ABOR High Honors Tuition Waiver
  • AIMS testing coordinator/ AIMS Augmentation
  • Best Buddies advisor
  • Child Find coordinator
  • Registration for sophomore class
  • Steering Team representative
  • Stanford 10 testing
C-H

Claudia Ramirez

email:
cramirez@tuhsd.k12.az.us

x40056
  • Crisis Team Representative
  • Literacy council representative
  • McKinney-Vento liaison
  • Registration for freshmen class
I-N

Nora Talavera

email:
ntalavera@tuhsd.k12.az.us

 

x40063
  • Career Education / ECAP coordinator
  • ELL/Foreign Students
  • EVIT liaison
  • Military liaison/ASVAB coordinator
  • PSAT coordinator
  • QUEST co-coordinator
  • Registration for junior class
  • Senior class student council sponsor
  • Title I liaison
O-T

Debbie Martinez

email:
dmartinez@tuhsd.k12.az.us

x40062
  • ACE/REACH contact
  • Adelante club sponsor
  • Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program liaison
  • QUEST Co-coordinator
  • Registration for incoming 8th grade
  • SAT/ACT coordinator
  • Scholarship coordinator
  • Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) coordinator

U-Z &
Honors/Gifted

Julie Cuevas

email:
jcuevas@tuhsd.k12.az.us

 

x40055
  • 504 coordinator
  • AP testing coordinator
  • Best Buddies advisor
  • GATS Club sponsor
  • Honors/Advanced Studies class
  • Registration/class presentations for honors classes

 

Guidance Department Support Staff

Admin. Assistant

Karina Brown

email:
kbrown@tuhsd.k12.az.us

x47630
  • College/University liaison
  • ASU FOCUS facilitator
  • Financial Aid coordinator
Attendance Coordinator

Scott Miller

email:
smiller@tuhsd.k12.az.us

x40071
  • Athletic conference facilitator
  • Attendance issues/discipline
  • At risk students
  • Career Exploration class
  • CRC administrator/teacher (6th * 7th hour)
  • Lunch security
  • NCAA contact
  • Saturday School administrator
Indian Education

Staci Mendoza

email:
smendoza@tuhsd.k12.az.us

x40068
  • Supplemental Services
Parent / Community Services

Kay Cosner

email:
kcosner@tuhsd.k12.az.us

x40074
  • Free/reduced lunch liaison
  • NPLB workshops
  • Summer Bridge manager
Tempe Social Services Lillie Moore x40059
  • Support Groups
McKinney-Vento Social Worker Helen Fong Hale x40054
  • Homeless services
Career Technician Marge Adler x40075
  • CTE Support Staff/Test administrator
Guadalupe Liaison Ray Delgado x40072
  • Supplemental services
Marcos de Niza High School ● 6000 S. Lakeshore Dr. ● Tempe, AZ 85283 ● (480)838-3200