Ms. Cherry earned her BA in Biology from Texas State University in 2005. After college, ready for some adventure, she moved to Maui, where she worked as both a bike tour guide on Mount Haleakala and a zipline tour guide in Maui's upcountry. She met her husband, Greg, on Mt. Haleakala - he worked for a rival bike tour company. Very Romeo and Juliet, but with happier outcomes.

They moved to Denver in 2009 for a change of scenery. Here she got her first taste of teaching while working as a nanny for a couple of years. Eventually, ready to move back home to Texas to be closer to family and start a career, she applied to graduate school at her alma mater. She was accepted, and we moved to Austin in 2012, to pursue her Master of Secondary Education degree, and here we are today!

She spent a year at Dobie Middle School in her graduate program and then started at Eastside Early College High School in 2013. She taught science at Eastside for nine years - eight of those years on what is now the LASA campus! She moved over to LASA to be an assistant principal in 2022, and is looking forward to many more years to come!

She has two kids and several pets who keep her very busy! She enjoys spending time outside, taking the kids on mini-adventures, listening to audiobooks, and getting together with family and friends.

Ms. Crescenzi’s path to the LASA principalship was a bit unconventional. After returning to the US after an over two-year tour as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bushenyi District Uganda, Ms. Crescenzi worked as the Director of Children’s Therapy for a shelter that welcomed families experiencing domestic abuse. At the same time, she began teaching social work and psychology courses adjunct for the University of New Mexico, Gallup branch. Her success as a professor led her to be recruited to Rio Grande City, Texas to help open South Texas Community College as one of their first psychology professors.

After a few years in the Rio Grande Valley, the Music Capital of the World’s more cosmopolitan environment was calling Ms. Crescenzi’s name. She moved up to Austin and started her career with AISD. She went from teaching psychology to college students to teaching science and language arts to sixth graders at Dobie Middle School. In her fourth year, Ms. Crescenzi was named AISD’s Teacher of the Year. She then went back to school herself to obtain her administrator’s certification. She spent six years as an Assistant Principal and Academy Director at Lanier High School (now Navarro High School). She joined the LASA family in June of 2011.

When Ms. Crescenzi is not working with LASA staff, students, and families she enjoys reading, old fashion vinyl and playing strategy board games. Her favorite game used to be Pandemic Legacy….but not so much anymore.

San Czaplinski has been an Assistant Principal at LASA for many years. During her first year, she taught two classes of Spanish III along with being an AP.

Ms. Czaplinski earned her B.A. from Southwest Texas State University in Spanish and English. After teaching Spanish I-V for fourteen years at Connally High School, Ms. Czaplinski earned her M.Ed. in Educational Administration from Concordia University.

Ms. Czaplinski loves to go Glamping (camping with A/C) with her husband and son. She spends as many holidays as possible with her four brothers, three sisters, and countless nieces and nephews at her mother's home. As odd as this may sound, she relaxes by cleaning and organizing things around her!

Neno December has been in education since 2016 and started at LASA in 2019. He is passionate about education and looks forward to continuing to serve LASA students, families, and staff.
Mr. December earned his undergraduate degrees from Loyola University of Chicago in Anthropology, Biology, and Philosophy. He also holds graduate degrees in Business Administration and Educational Leadership from Western Governors University and the American College of Education.
When not working, Mr. December enjoys spending time with his dog (her name is Thunder), playing guitar, watching documentaries, and listening to podcasts.