Teachers & Staff

Esperanza Elementary Teachers

Principal

Eulogio Alejandre

Eulogio Alejandre has been an educator for more than 28 years. He has been a teacher of elementary, junior high and senior high students in the Salt Lake and Ogden school districts. He has been a principal, a district office teacher specialist and a soccer coach. Most recently Mr. Alejandre was the Student2Student Outreach Program Coordinator at Weber State University. As a second job, Mr. Alejandre has been an adjunct professor of Spanish at Westminster College and Weber State University.

Mr. Alejandre immigrated to Ogden from Mexico with his family when he was 12 years old. He has successfully navigated the public school system to achieve a Master of Science degree in Education and an Administrative/Supervisory license from the Utah State Office of Education.

Phone: (801)305-1450 x.304
For emergencies, please call Mr. Alejandre at (385)333-8280
Email: Eulogio.alejandre@esperanzaelementary.org

Vice Principal

Julia Barrientos

Julia Barrientos has worked in education for over 20 years. She was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ms. Barrientos studied Sociology and Cultural Anthropology at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon and attended the Masters in Education program at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. She also attendedUniversite Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa; Tokyo Daigaku in Japan; and the Universidad Nacional Del Salvador in San Salvador, El Salvador. Ms. Barrientos has a passion for developing unique learning opportunities for children and youth. She has played an integral part in opening many schools in the US and abroad. Her favorite part of her work at Esperanza is developing caring relationships with the children, guiding them to believe in themselves and become great community members and world leader.

Phone: (801)305-1450 x.305
Email: Julia.barrientos@esperanzaelementary.org