Faculty & Staff

Ms. de Leon is the proud Principal serving The International School at Gregory students, staff, families, and community.   Prior to coming to NHCS, she spent 9 years as an administrator for WCPSS at Knightdale High School and Hodge Road Spanish Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary.  Ms. de Leon has lived, studied, and taught in Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Spain, and Malaysia.  A passion for travel she has explored the school systems, architecture, nature, and foods in Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, Germany, Italy, and France.  Her education, experience, and background have allowed her the opportunities to teach for 18 years; regular elementary 1st and 2nd grades, K-16 Spanish, K-2 bilingual education, K-5 Spanish for elementary school (FLES),  Foreign Languages Exploratory (FLEX) for middle school , and K-12 English-as-a-Second Language (ESL).  She describes herself as a pioneer in education teaching FLES and FLEX when the existence of  a program in Spanish & second language acquisition for elementary students in public schools was rare and she taught as a distance education teacher for TI-IN Network, the first distance public education service in the country.  A native of Texas and very proud of her Mexican American heritage, Ms. de Leon is a Texas A&M Aggie (Gig 'em) earning a Master's in Educational Administration and attending the Principal Institute, she also earned a Bachelor's in Educational Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in second language acquisition from Texas A&M University. 

Ms. de Leon describes her move and position at the IS@G as feeling at HOME and describes the IS@G as "a gem of a school" with the sweetest and smartest children, an amazing and extremely hardworking staff, and involved families from caring communities.  She is a mom of two daughters, both public school educators , and a very proud "grandmabuela" to a beautiful 7 yr. old grandson.  She spends her time outside of school on the water in her kayak with her dachshund, Heidi.