Our Staff

The International School of Turin’s (IST) Leadership Team is in charge of supervising daily operations, the school curriculum and guiding the community to pursue the School’s Guiding Statements.

Leadership Team

Lara Pazzi

Head of School

Magdalena Matysow-Borgen

Primary Principal

Matthew Thurstan

Secondary Principal

Gianluca Collu

Operations Manager

Curriculum Coordinators

Magdalena Matysow-Borgen

PYP Coordinator

Francesca Parisi

Middle School Dean/MYP and Licenza Media Coordinator/Full-continuum Lead

Clara Siviero

DP Dean / University Counselor

Barbara Sobrero

PYP Italian A Teacher / Italian Parità Coordinator

Administration Team

Lara Pazzi

Head of School

Gianluca Collu

Operations Manager

Claudia Rabuazzo

Finance Manager

Ilaria Sosio

Admissions

Monica Jona

Registrar, Parità Scolastica Officer

Jennifer Redman

Information Services

Marita Bellone

PD Coordinator, Fiedtrips and After School Activities

Valeria Cocchi

Human Resources

Martina Gamba

Administrative Assistant/DELE Center Coordinator

Alessandro Ranzini

IT Administrator

Roberta Schirru

Communication & Marketing / Order Office / SAT Center Coordinator

Beatrice Sipione

School Nurse

Enrica
Pasquero

School Nurse

Luca Russo

Security and Maintenance

Anna Costantini

Cleaner Coordinator and Maintenance Supervisor

Fernando Azzinaro

Maintenance

Alessandro
Perotti

Maintenance

Faculty Team

Lorraine Ayres

PYP G4X Teacher

Pauline Awor

PYP EY Nursery 3-4 year olds Teacher

Susan Baker

PYP G2Y Teacher

Carla Banioni

MYP Italian A Language & Literature Teacher

Nicola Barbieri

EY-PYP-MYP Music Teacher

Jessica Bartolozzi

Whole School Guidance Counselor

Raphael Bassanello

MYP Science Teacher, DP ESS and Geography Teacher

Sara Bergamin

MYP English Language Acquisition Teacher / English B Curriculum Expert

Lorenzo Borgotallo

MYP – DP Italian A and B Teacher / Italian Curriculum Expert / Language Certification Coordinator

Arianna Bosetti

Pre-Nursery Teacher

Valentina Brizio

One to One Assistant

Salvatore Burgio

Secondary SEN Teacher/SEN Coordinator

Dulce
Carreto

One to One Assistant

Elisa Canestrelli

PYP Cover Teacher

Elin Chidsey

Early Years

Barbara Cordero

PYP Italian A Teacher

Carys Cortinas

EY Teaching Assistant

Antonia Creighton-Ciuffreda

PYP G4Y Teacher

Luisa Curletti

MYP and DP English Language and Literature Teacher / MYP Individual & Societies Teacher / English Language and Literature Curriculum Expert

Charlotte Dayus

Early Years Lead/Math LL

Elena Di Maggio

Italian Teacher

Lydia Easley

Performing Arts

Luca Fenoglio

MYP Mathematics / Gr.5 Mathematics Curriculum Expert

Michael Fistetto

MYP Physical and Health Education Teacher

Charles Forrest

MYP English A and Latin Teacher

Raquel Galindo

PYP G3Y Teacher

Clarissa Ghelli

PYP Visual Arts Teacher

Orestis Giannakis

MYP Design Teacher

Deborah Gilmore

MYP English A Language and Literature Teacher / Yearbook Coordinator

Francesca Giraudo

MYP/DP Maths Teacher

Jennifer Hahn

MYP Science and DP Biology Teacher

Magdalena Inzerillo

Primary English Language Learning Teacher

Sepideh Khavarinezhad

PYP Teacher Assistant

Ulvhild Kunze

PYP-MYP-DP German B Teacher / Goethe Center Coordinator

Marta Malvezzi

DP Mathematics and Physics Teacher

Megan Martineau

Primary SEN Teacher

Maria Dolores Sanchez Martinez

PYP-MYP-DP Spanish B Teacher

Tom Massey

MYP Mathematics and Science Teacher

Carmen Baron Mata

SEN Teacher

Monica Mattei

Middle School Italian Mathematics and Science Teacher

Giuseppe Miolli

MYP I&S and DP Economics Teacher

Cliodhna Murphy

PYP G5X Teacher

Josephine Nthuni

EY Prek/Kinder Teacher

Neil O'Hare

MYP/DP Science/Chemistry Teacher

Miriam Oxenham

Curriculum Expert / I&S Teacher

Francesca Parisi

Middle School Dean / MYP and Licenza Media Coordinator / Full-continuum Lead

Caroline Parrett

PYP G3X Teacher

Antonieta Pellegrini

EY Prek/Kinder Teaching Assistant

Paolisa Penzo

MYP Italian A Language & Literature Teacher

Mabel Redaelli

PYP G1Y Teacher

Maria Sol Rosales

MYP-DP Spanish B Teacher

Mia Russilo

MYP Maths Teacher

Miss Sarah

PYP G5Y Teacher

Andrea Serra

DP English B and TOK Teacher

Astrid Tegge-Schuering

MYP Science and DP Chemistry Teacher / Gr.4 Science Curriculum Expert

Guy Teho

MYP-DP French B Teacher

Francesco Testa

MYP Service and Action and DP CAS Coordinator

Consuelo Tuzio

PYP Italian B Teacher

Erica Violante

PYP Physical Education Teacher

Elaine Walker

MYP Individuals & Societies / DP History and TOK Teacher / MUN Coordinator

Birkiti H. Weldeyohanns

Pre-Nursery Teacher Assistant

Fiona Westray

EY Nursery Teaching Assistant

Tatyana Zhukov

PYP G2X Teacher

Risa Paley-Zimble

MYP Science Teacher

Rocio Ribelles Zorita

IB Librarian / Group 2 Language Acquisition / Curriculum Expert /AI Lead