Faculty & Staff
STEP faculty and instructors take primary responsibility for the design, delivery, and assessment of their courses. In addition to teaching, STEP faculty pursue a wide range of interests, including research practice partnerships at school sites.
STEP staff are an integral part of the STEP teaching and learning community, and one of the program’s great strengths. Their primary purpose is to follow candidate progress through the program and to facilitate success.
Program faculty
Program staff
![Assistant Director, STEP Secondary Jeffrey Camarillo](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/jeff_camarillo.png?itok=f9m4FjEN)
Jeffrey Camarillo
STEP Assistant Director, Secondary Program
![Elizabeth Chesler](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/chesler.jpg?h=87136cbf&itok=P1T00vV3)
Elizabeth Chesler
Program Administrator
![Ruth Ann Costanzo](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/ruth_ann_costanzo_headshot.jpg?itok=LhwZEcn7)
Ruth Ann Costanzo
Director, Clinical Work
![Polly Diffenbaugh](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/diffenbaughpolly_1.jpg?itok=N4Hjp4gJ)
Polly Diffenbaugh
Senior Clinical Associate - Science
![Colin Haysman](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/haysman_colin.png?itok=tnc9XBDr)
Colin Haysman
Senior Clinical Associate – History/ Social Science
![Geetha Lakshminarayanan](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/lakshminarayanan_geetha_headshot.jpg?itok=9O2POmXQ)
Geetha Lakshminarayanan
Clinical Associate - Mathematics
![Catalina Martinez](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/catalina_martinez.jpg?itok=0pzzboVX)
Catalina Martinez
Clinical Associate - Elementary
![Assistant Director, STEP Elementary Maricela Montoy-Wilson](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/mari_montoy-wilson_headshot.jpg?itok=xQ-JMMsU)
Maricela Montoy-Wilson
STEP Assistant Director, Elementary Program
![Eghosa Obaizamomwan-Hamilton](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/img_f20d0371fee4-1.jpeg?itok=--E00w1U)
Eghosa Obaizamomwan-Hamilton
Clinical Associate - English
![Tasha Pura](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/headshot.jpeg?h=421e93e5&itok=TbEXHHPI)
Tasha Pura
Clinical Associate - Elementary
![Maritza Rodriguez-Dortrait](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/img_6058.jpeg?itok=pj6aBeZ3)
Maritza Rodriguez-Dortrait
Clinical Associate - Elementary
![Michaela Ruiz](/sites/default/files/styles/square_crop/public/profiles/staff/img_7158.jpg?h=60fad09f&itok=NMUMtswc)
Michaela Ruiz
Student Services Officer and Credential Analyst