Where do our members teach?

We proudly represent the educators of the South Bay Union School District. We teach in the southwestern corner of San Diego County. Our boundaries currently include all of the city of Imperial Beach, the most southwesterly city in the continental United States. West of Imperial Beach is the Pacific Ocean and to the south is Mexico. Our boundaries also include parts of San Diego, CA and San Ysidro, CA.

To learn more about SBUSD click below

What are SWTA’s state and national affiliations?

We are affiliated with the California Teachers Association(CTA) and the National Education Association (NEA).  

Visit www.cta.org to learn more

California Teachers Association, CTA, represents and serves more than 335,000 members – consisting of teachers and other education employees in the state’s more than 1,000 school districts.

Visit www.NEA.org to learn more.

National Education Association, NEA, represents and serves 3.2 million-member. NEA represents teachers and other education employees from school districts nation wide.

Executive Board 

Meet Our Team

Vanessa Barrera

President
Full Time Release

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Sonia Hernandez

Vice-President

Kinder- Oneonta Elementary

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Noemi Salcedo

Treasurer/
Consultation Chair


TOSA BA/ON

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Michelle Gates

Secretary

Middle School- IB Charter

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Paul Chambers

Executive Director -CTA Staff

SCTU Office 

Vanessa Acuna

Representative-At-Large

TK- Berry Elementary

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Skye Jollie

Representative-At-Large

3rd Grade- Imperial Beach Charter School

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Kayne Kuenzi

Representative-At-Large/
Membership Chair 

3rd Grade
Bayside STEAM Academy 

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Nicole Rios

Representative-At-Large

LAT- Nicoloff Elementary

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Rose Saldana 

Representative-At-Large

6th Grade- Imperial Beach Charter School

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Kelly Sullivan

Representative-At-Large


TK- Mendoza Elementary 

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Norma Sahagun

Bargaining Chair

SPED- Nicoloff Elementary

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Alex Nuno

Elections Chair 

TOSA EM/ME

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Ileana Ayub

Social Chair 

2nd Grade
Emory Academy

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