Kendra Hobson was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2015 she moved from Phoenix to Prescott.

She recently filled the Registrar position here at Yavapai Accommodation School District #99. This is a brand-new position for her – and she’s loving it.

Her aspirations are to inspire and uplift students and those around her, while fulfilling her administrative duties on a daily basis. Prior to working as a registrar, she helped thousands of students in the areas of career exploration, Free application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and college applications.

She loves fishing and has fished in lakes around Maricopa County all of her life. However, when she to northern Arizona, she did not catch a fish within the first five years here. She’s made peace with feedingthe fish. ��

Cherri Redd is the science teacher at Yavapai Accommodation School District. In 2018, Ms. Redd started the first Student Council that our school had ever had. She felt giving the students a voice in their education was important. When she is asked about working at our school, she states, “I love my job here!”. 

Cherri graduated from Tarleton State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Education in 1986, and received a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Grand Canyon University in 2011. 

She has taught in Arizona since 2003.  Cherri also taught for three years in Hawaii.  The subjects she has taught range from Agricultural  Education, Biology, Earth Science, Physical Science, and Anatomy and Physiology. She feels that commitment at YASD to her students is her highest priority. She, along with the rest of the staff, believe that all students will succeed in their career choices and she aims to help them achieve those goals.

When Ms. Redd isn’t at school you can often find her out on the local horse trails or arenas with her wonderful horse she calls Bug. Riding has been a lifelong endeavor and she has competed in Western and English styles of riding, where she was in the top 20 youth in American Paint Horse competitions as a youngster. Lately she has tried her hand at Team Sorting, Barrels, and Pole Bending. She agrees with President Ronald Regan, “There's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.”

Paul Rogers is the social studies teacher at YASD. He was born and raised in Gilbert, Arizona. He has been married for 46 years and has seven children and sixteen grandchildren. Paul owned and operated a truck until he was about 30 years old, and then moved on to work for an asphalt supply company for seven years. At the age of 37, he decided to go back to school and graduated at the age of 40 with a teaching certificate. At the age of 58, he received his Master’s degree in administration. He lived and taught in Alaska for four years, and still has a home there. Before coming to the Yavapai Accommodation School District, he taught for three years on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Fun fact: Paul has driven the Alcan Highway four times.

Jessica Marks earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism and worked as an award-winning professional newspaper reporter in California before she went back to school to become a teacher. She also has a master's degree in English Education and another master's degree in Social Work, so she can meet the unique learning needs of all students. 

She has taught all over the Prescott Valley area, teaching in charter schools and public schools, middle schools and high schools.  She’s worked in co-taught classrooms, honors and AP classrooms, and everything in between. She’s coached archery, run the yearbook, organized out-of-state and international field trips, all while making sure that students are learning and having fun. She was titled 2017’s Yavapai County Overall Teacher of the Year when she worked at Glassford Hill Middle School where she designed a community service organization, started a peer-tutoring program, ran the student newspaper, and headed the honor society in addition to having her students achieve the top AZ Merit test scores in the school.

Jessica loves kayaking, yoga, eating at In-N-Out Burger, writing, and taking naps in hammocks – especially by the beach.

Karen Campbell is so happy to be the math teacher at Yavapai Accommodation School District.  She has been teaching and tutoring math and science for high school and college students for more than 30 years.  Karen graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelors of Science in Pre-Medicine and a Minor in Mathematics.   Instead of going to medical school she decided to raise a family and has never regretted that decision.  She has 5 grown children, 3 in-law children, and two grandchildren.  

 As her family grew Karen started working as a Micro-biologist for Bradshaw/Labcorp. After 7 years, she decided to teach again when they closed the micro department in Prescott.  Karen received her post-bachelors degree in teaching through Rio Salado while teaching for Prescott Unified School district starting in 2012.  In 2016 Karen finished her Masters in Human Anatomy and Physiology Instruction through New York Chiropractic College.  Karen also has special Mathematical Modeling and Formative Assessment training through NAU in conjunction with 9 credits from Ottawa University. 

 Besides teaching, Karen loves singing, gardening, the scriptures and the stars.   She has been married for 32 wonderful years. Most of which has been spent in Prescott.   “As I leave Prescott High School, I am excited to get to know all of the great students in this district, and work with the outstanding people I have met so far.”  

 “It is a proven fact that math makes you smarter… so really… It’s the only subject that “counts.”    Let’s get smarter together!

Gena Hatfield is a math teacher at Yavapai Accommodation School District. She has been teaching at a variety of schools in Yavapai County for the past 20 years. Prior to coming to Yavapai Accommodation School, Gena was a special education teacher for 20 years, specializing in students with Emotional Disabilities and Learning Disabilities in math.

Prior to teaching, she retired from the US Air Force, where she did a variety of jobs including fighter jet maintenance and budget management.  While in the Air Force, Gena was deployed to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm, where she worked on A-10 aircraft.

Gena has a Bachelor’s Degree in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, teaching certification classes at Chapman University, and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from Jones International University. She is certified to teach K-12 in both Special Education and General Education Mathematics.

Lisa graduated from college in her home state of Nebraska in 1994 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education with a Mathematics endorsement from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She finished her Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology in 2003 at Northwest Missouri State University.  

She is currently serving as the teacher for the Transition program for Yavapai Accommodation School District. Lisa served 28 years in education prior to joining the YASD family. Her experiences are many, as she has held a mathematics teaching certificate in Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Arizona. While most of her experiences were in private residential schools, she has had great experiences in the public sector as well. While teaching for HUSD, Lisa was named Humboldt Education Foundation’s Teacher of the Year for middle and high school age groups in 2018.

When she’s not at school, she enjoys kayaking, hiking, and spending time with her three incredible children.