2024-2025
Meet Our Team

Dr. Jessie Lowell has been married to her husband, Jonathan, for almost 10 years and loves being a mother to her three young children. She and Jonathan serve as the Associate Pastors at Foothill Vineyard Church. Dr. Lowell is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor at California Baptist University. She earned her doctorate from Loma Linda University and has specialized training in early childhood mental health, parent-child attachment and parenting, child and family therapy, and assessment. Her passion is in seeing children thrive and providing the optimal environments that allow them to foster their development in a strengths-based and faith-integrated way. Her love for child psychology, theology, and parenting have come together in her homeschooling journey and is a strong advocate for the homeschooling community. She looks forward to working with our youngest learners and supporting their parents as we encourage them to grow in their love for Jesus, their excitement for learning, and their confidence in who Christ has made them.

Mrs. Mary Rivera is happy to be starting her 3 rd year here at Branches. She has been happily married to Gil for 33 years. Her two daughters, Melanie and Amber, were recently married, and she is Nana to little Madelyn, who is 2 1/2yrs old. Her youngest, Luke, is in his 3rd year of college. As a credentialed teacher, Mrs. Rivera has taught preschool, kindergarten, and third grade at Christian and public schools, and has enjoyed being the long-term substitute at her children’s Catholic K-8 school, so that she could enjoy their experience with them. Mary has great admiration for the hard work that homeschooling parents do to give their children a solid foundation built on Christ-centered, classical education. Christ is at the forefront of all she does and puts Him first above everything. She is happy that all her adult children are devout and love Jesus like she does. Mrs. Rivera is active at her church with Bible studies/Women’s Fellowship, teaches Faith Formation to children two evenings a week, and she volunteers at a Pregnancy Help Center. She is excited to be able to share the love of Jesus with her students at Branches!

Mrs. Overby is a wife of 15 years and mother of three kids (11, 9 and almost 3). She is a veteran public school teacher and excited to team with the families at BHA for another year creating a community of excellence among homeschoolers. As a credentialed teacher she taught high school and middle school Mathematics and AVID. Now homeschooling her own young children, she is inspired by how their curiosity naturally integrates subject matter and catalyzes a love of learning. Working with children in various age groups has cemented the truth that you learn where you are loved. She can't wait to lean into the love of Jesus this year and grow together as scholars and image bearers.

Miss Julie brings to the BHA community her joyful enthusiasm for sharing God's love and wisdom through active learning and a spirit of wonder at God's gift of life! Her teaching approach can be summed up in one word: GIFT! Through 15 years of youth ministry and missionary experiences, she has sharpened her own God-given gifts.  Her role as a teacher is to help each child discover and believe that he/she IS a gift, and has been empowered by God with specific gifts to offer in service of others for building up the Kingdom (1 Cor. 12:4-31). Collaborating with and supporting the parents of her students in their role as primary educators is essential. Miss Julie loves music, singing in the St. Peter & St. Paul church choir, and playing drums and acoustic guitar in worship settings. She delights in being a loving "auntie" to her many godchildren, nieces and nephews, of both family ties and friends-as-family-ties. The passage from John 15:9 that says, "As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Now remain in my love" is one of the scriptures closest to her heart.

Mrs. Jessica Wolfe has been married to Tim for 21 years, together they have 3 sons -Ethan 21, Oliver 20, and Teddy 16. As a family, they attend Church Two42. She has always enjoyed coming alongside her boys throughout their education and has found a blessed purpose in teaching at BHA while homeschooling her youngest. After 2 years of working with the admin team, Mrs. Wolfe began teaching the junior high class and this will be her 5th year with BHA Jr Highers! Mrs. Wolfe loves teaching from a biblical worldview. Her goal as a teacher is to see her students make connections to God’s workmanship in all things. She makes it a priority that her classroom is a place of growth and grace.

Mrs. Guerin has been married to her husband, Kevin, for 16 years, together hey have three children. Suzanne and her family have faithfully attended Vantage Point Church in Eastvale and she has served as one of the Preschool-Kindergarten classroom leaders for the last 10 years.  Prior to being a stay-at-home mom, Suzanne was a 7th grade Life Science and 8th grade Physical Science Teacher in the Ontario-Montclair school district for six years.  She has a Bachelors of Science Degree in Biology from Cal Poly Pomona and a Masters in Education. Suzanne is thankful for this new opportunity to teach at Branches and she is looking forward to getting to know her students and having the freedom to teach high school students from a biblical perspective.

Mrs. Perez has been a classroom teacher, a college faculty member, a homeschool mom for her four sons, a curriculum writer, and a tutor for international students. She has a multi-subject MAEd., and has taught grades K-12 in four different states. Mrs. Perez strongly believes that students should know history well, and should be able to express themselves well in both speaking and writing. I Peter 3:15 urges Christians to "sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, but with gentleness and respect,"  To help students achieve that goal, Mrs. Perez will be teaching writing.

Mrs. Quinnelly has been married to her husband, Mark for over 26 years.  They have 5 amazing kids and have had the privilege of homeschooling for the past 20 years.  Mrs. Q has served in children's and youth ministry in several churches, most recently Water of Life. She has a love for literature and fine arts and has incorporated them into her family's homeschool journey.  Noël is thankful for the Branches community and the biblical worldview foundation given to each student.  She is excited to join this great staff.  Her heart is to help each of her students find and refine the gifts that the Lord has given them.

Mr. Aguero is a gifted musician with extensive experience playing drums and piano and leading worship teams at various churches. He currently serves as the Director of the School of Worship at Church Two42 and holds a BS in Human Development and an M.Ed in Primary Education. Carlos has been married to his wife, Yanira, for more than 20 years, and together they have two wonderful children, Aleyna 19 and Josiah 17. He deeply values homeschooling for the positive impact it has had on his children’s development. In addition to his passion for music, he loves camping and spending time with his family. His favorite subjects have always been U.S. History and Civics, but his greatest passion is playing music. Mr. Aguero is enthusiastic about leading and mentoring young worship leaders at Branches, helping them deepen their faith and refine their God-given talents.