TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts
  TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts
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Main Office

Main Office

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Carla Batista, Executive Assistant and Data Manager (bilingual)
Ms.Batista@TAPAprovidence.org

Carla is a founding member of Team TAPA, joining the school in summer 2010. She came to TAPA after 5 years as a member of school support teams in Providence. At TAPA, Carla manages the main office, making sure that students, parents and families are welcome and supported. She also oversees all of TAPA's data, making sure that attendance is submitted on time, report cards are perfect and that the state knows everything they need to know about TAPA. Carla also manages all aspects of the TAPA world, ensuring that appointments are made (and kept), supplies are purchased, and all reports are filed on time. In addition to being the glue that holds TAPA together, Carla is the proud mom of three wonderful sons. 

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Zuleika Vidal, Family/Community Liaison (bilingual)
Ms.Vidal@TAPAprovidence.org

Zuleika Vidal comes to TAPA after years of working for non-profit organizations and community agencies. Her bilingual skills, community connections and extensive knowledge of services available to RI families makes her a perfect fit for TAPA, its students and their families. Zuleika is a proud mom of two. Her art form of choice is using her voice to praise and worship the Lord.

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Christopher Mendez, Technology Specialist (bilingual)
Mr.Mendez@TAPAprovidence.org

Chris is the drummer as well as the youth leader at his church. Having worked at TAPA for the past 5 years, Chris has played many roles as part of the TAPA Ensemble. As TAPA's Technology Specialist, he is in charge of all of TAPA's hardware, software and internet needs.

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Delia Guerrero, Front Desk Receptionist and Security (bilingual)
Ms.Guerrero@TAPAprovidence.org

Delia is one of the TAPA parents, with two of her three children attending the school. She loves to have her children at her workplace. Delia invests most of her time in the main office as a security guard, ensuring the safety of the students and staff in the building after school hours.  In her free time she loves to spend time with her family/friends and relaxing.


Maintenance and Custodial Team

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John J. Amara, Facility Manager
John Amara first joined the TAPA Ensemble when TAPA was located in a Victorian-era historic school building. His skill at maintenance, repair, management, and ability to juggle numerous projects at once kept the whole TAPA family warm, comfortable and successful in that old building. Now that TAPA is in a more modern facility, John manages the Custodial Team and is responsible for facilities functions and project management. John also does all the purchasing for the facility and conducts contract negotiation that are facility related. 

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Javier Pepin, Custodial Team Member (bilingual)
Along with his wife, Zuleika Vidal (listed above) Javier Pepin has been part of the TAPA Ensemble since the beginning. Having first been a TAPA parent, Javier is now a valued TAPA employee. Best known for his unstoppable work ethic and incredible ability to win at any staff sporting event, his role is custodial in nature. Javier is the proud father of two, with a daughter in college and a son in 2nd grade.

TAPA is an anti-oppression creative community that is enriched by the cultural, religious, racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity of our neurodiverse families, students, and employees. As such, we stand together in protest of the systematic violence and dehumanization of People of Color and the Black community.

TAPA es una comunidad creativa contra la opresión que se enriquece con la diversidad cultural, religiosa, racial, étnica y lingüística de nuestras familias, estudiantes y empleados neurodiversos. Como tal, nos unimos en protesta por la violencia sistemática y la deshumanización de las Personas de Color y la comunidad Afroamericana.

TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts
275 Westminster Street, Providence RI 02903
Phone: 401.432.7881
Fax: 401.432.7882
©2010-2020 Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts

TAPA recognizes that for thousands of years, the Narragansett tribe
​inhabited the land on which our school is now located. 

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