Damian Esponda
Resource Teacher

damian.esponda@austinisd.org| 512-414-2013

Mary Onak
2nd Grade Teacher, Team Lead

mary.onak@austinisd.org | 512-414-2013

Ms. Onak has been a teacher for 14 years with 13 of those years being at Barton Hills Elementary.  Her favorite thing about Barton Hills is the small and cohesive community.  Ms. Onak and her husband have a blended family of four adult children, three sons and one daughter. Her children attended Barton Hills. She's lived in Austin since 1978 and is a graduate of the University of Texas. In her spare time, she likes to do yoga, hike, read history and do math puzzles. Ms. Onak is also an avid fan of the Houston Astros.

Michael Maestri
Resource Teacher Assistant

michael.maestri@austinisd.org| 512-414-2013

Mr. Maestri has been teaching at Barton Hills for five years.  He graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Political Science.  He is originally from Alabama and has no family that lives in Austin; however, he will forever be grateful to the BHE community for welcoming him with open arms. Mr. Maestri feels that working for the Special Education Resource Department at BHE has been fantastic. He loves the students and teachers that he gets to work with every day.
In his spare time, Mr. Maestri enjoys running around Lady Bird Lake, traveling, Juiceland Smoothies and college basketball/football (Roll Tide!).  He currently has no children of his own, but he considers the students at BHE his family.  He looks forward to a bright future at BHE.  Go Eagles!