24 JESUIT PERSPECTIVES • FALL 2020
Returning to Jesuit
In September, Jesuit’s Communications Assistant,
Mark Stine ’15, sat down for a roundtable discussion
with four fellow alumni who now teach at Jesuit High
School: Henry Ibanez ’86, Austin Freeman ’02, Jonathan
Barlaan ’07, and Noah Menendez ’14. They
ruminated on becoming a teacher, returning to Jesuit,
their influences, the biggest challenges in education,
and student development.
Henry Ibanez '86
Ibanez:
the stockholders of American Home
-
I eventually got to Academy Prep,
income kids and doing really good
And then the opportunity came for
Menendez:
graduation from the University of
-
minute I got the call back to come
road ahead of me. But the experi-
amazing, to say the least. Going on
pilgrimages, giving Convocations,
Barlaan:
a doctor, but I needed to provide for
youth group leading and giving talks in
that goes into it. But once I did start
calling me to be, even though I had
that mindset of going to med school
summer, even though I teach summer
and the Summer Bridge Program,
8th graders from different schools
ALUMNI IN EDUCATION
is the Art Department
Head at Jesuit High School of Tampa.
is an assistant
professor of military science
at the University of Nevada Reno.
is an Associate
Professor at Louisiana State
University in the School of Art and
the Center for Computation and
Technology.
is Director of
Studies and Academic Innovation at
Doane Academy in Burlington, N.J.
teaches social
studies at Jesuit High School of
Tampa.
teaches English
is a teacher at
Lennard High School.
is a middle school
Public Schools in Florida.
teaches English
at Jesuit High School of Tampa,
is the Director of Student Activities,
baseball.
teaches theology
at Jesuit High School of Tampa
and is Assistant Director of Campus
Ministry.
teaches AP Government
and Politics and Florida History
at Plant High School, and also
teaches for Jesuit Summer Bridge.
is an academic
proctor at Jesuit High School of
Tampa.