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Welcome New Faculty
Six new faculty members began work at Brooks this fall. Together, they’re an accomplished group of educators with diverse interests and expertise. DIANA FIGARELLA-ZAWIL joins the world languages department as a Spanish teacher. She has a passion for combining visual art and language learning to connect with students of all levels and backgrounds. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Tufts University in affiliation with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from Regis College. She has also traveled extensively internationally, stopping in Cuba while completing her master’s thesis to interview female Cuban artists and their impact on the Cuban economy. AXEL GALEANO joins the world languages department as a Spanish teacher. He previously taught at the Windward School in Los Angeles and at St. Mark’s School. Galeano also coaches girls 2nd soccer and girls 2nd squash. A native of Guatemala, Galeano is a graduate of St. Lawrence University, where he was a four-year member of the men’s soccer team. He earned his master’s degree in Spanish from Middlebury College and has spent the last two summers working as a bilingual assistant at the Middlebury Language School. LUCY HAMILTON joins the faculty as an assistant in the Learning Center and a Spanish teacher. Hamilton has extensive experience in the classroom and in support roles at Pingree School and St. George’s School. Hamilton also brings a passion for multicultural education, having served in a variety of roles helping independent secondary schools fulfill their mission to attract, support and engage a diverse community. A graduate of Amherst College, Lucy holds her M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and has been a Klingenstein Summer Fellow at the Teacher’s College of Columbia University with additional study at Universidad Veritas in San Jose, Costa Rica. ANDREW MCLEAN teaches AP Art History and World History. He holds a B.A. from Haverford College, a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles and an M.A.T. from Tufts University. McLean enjoys music — especially early Renaissance polyphony — and sings in choirs. He’s also an avid traveler for food, history and the arts, and has traveled as far away as Mongolia. He spends as much time as possible outdoors, sailing or hiking. TABITHA SHERRELL teaches photography and digital arts. Sherrell holds an MFA in Photography from Lesley University College of Art and Design, and a BFA in Painting from Gordon College. She is the cofounder of a successful commercial photography business, has been a guest speaker at colleges, universities and photo workshops, and has exhibited in galleries throughout the Boston area. Her pastimes are travel, cooking, reading memoirs and hiking in the woods with her family. Brooks’s new School Minister and Director of Spiritual Life JULIE A. MAVITY MADDALENA earned her B.A. from Abilene Christian University, where she was also a member of the tennis team. She went on to earn her M. Div. from Emory University and is finishing her Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University, where she focuses on Religious Ethics and Women’s and Gender Studies. Mavity Maddalena is ordained in the United Church of Christ, and has held various roles in U.C.C. churches in Atlanta, Dallas and Fort Collins, Colorado. She has also been an adjunct professor at S.M.U. Mavity Maddalena will teach Human Understanding, coach the girls 1st tennis team and serve as an affiliate dorm parent in P.B.A. Hall.
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