Britney Carter, MA
ACES Academic Coach, Gaithersburg High School
Britney grew up in Garden City, Kansas where she attended Garden City Community College and earned her Associate's in Psychology…
Keith Kirkland, MSE
ACES Academic Coach, Montgomery Blair High School
Keith is a native Washingtonian. He is enthusiastically passionate in assisting scholars achieve their academic endeavors. He has ten plus…
Belvey Russ, MS, NCC
ACES Academic Coach, Albert Einstein High School
Belvey is very excited to help students achieve their dream of going to college. Prior to coming to Achieving Collegiate…
Tahrea Flemming Mensah, MSW LMSW
ACES Academic Coach, Seneca Valley High School
Tahrea is a social worker who has been working at Montgomery College since 2017. At the College, she has served…
Andrea Johns, MEd
ACES Academic Coach, Clarksburg High School
Andrea has spent the last 10 years working with underrepresented students to help them reach their educational and career goals. …
Patricia Polimadei, MDE, MBA
ACES Academic Coach, Rockville High School
Patricia Polimadei has close to twenty years of experience working with diverse populations in Montgomery County. Patricia has extensive experience…
Cameron Cox, MEd, EdS
ACES Academic Coach, Col. Zadok Magruder High School
Cameron is a career higher education professional originally from the great city of Springfield, MA. As a first generation college…
Blair Bullock, MA
ACES Academic Coach, Northwood High School
From working with foster care youth to victims of human trafficking, Blair Bullock brings a diverse and interdisciplinary background to…
Cristian Pineda, MEd
ACES Academic Coach, Springbrook High School
Cristian Pineda is a high school academic coach through the ACES program at Montgomery College, and has dedicated over ten years…
Maria Abasi, MSW
ACES Academic Coach, Watkins Mill High School
Maria has over 12 years of experience working in the education sector in various capacities. She has worked in education…
Minjote Mekonen, EdD
ACES Academic Coach, James Hubert Blake High School
Minjote Mekonen was born and raised in the DC metro area by immigrant parents from Ethiopia. After high school, she…
Terré Thomas, MA
ACES Academic Coach, Paint Branch High School
Currently moonlighting as an American Sign Language interpreter, Terré moved to South Korea to teach English to children, ages 3…