Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning

Noora Snelling
Administrative Assistant

Noora grew up in Indonesia and moved to The United States in 1999. Before coming to Tollgate, she was a school librarian, clerk and secretary for 17 years. Noora loves to travel. During her free time, she love to crochet, sew and draw. She is excited to be joining the crew at Tollgate.

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Jessica Pedraza
Clerk

Jessica was born and raised in Colorado. Jessica is an Aurora Public schools Alumni and has now been working for the district at Tollgate for 2 years now. During her spare time she likes to take her kids out to the park and do fun activities. She enjoys helping families and their students in what she can.

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Nena Faulkner
Health Clerk

Nena was born in Texas and lived in Spain for 16 years. She has been working at Tollgate for 15 years and counting! Nena is married with 5 kids and loves to travel, especially to Las Vegas. She is a brain cancer survivor and loves helping students.

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Mariah Bennett
Family Liaison

Mariah was born and raised in the Florida panhandle. She and her family moved to Colorado in 2022 after living in Tucson Arizona for 5 years. Mariah has a background in early childhood education and psychology, which she hopes will be an asset to the team and students at Tollgate. Mariah loves spending time with her family exploring colorful Colorado. She is so excited to work with the students and their families as the Family Liaison at Tollgate.

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