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About the Authors
Stephen Santilli is currently an Assistant Superintendent for the secondary level in the Egg Harbor
Township School District. Prior to serving as an Assistant Superintendent he served as the Lead
Learner (Principal) of the William Davies Middle School in Mays Landing, NJ for six years as well as
Vice Principal in the same building for four years prior. His career began as a Social Studies and Life
Skills teacher in Grades 6-8 in the Hammonton Public School System. Stephen has published articles in
NJPSA’s Educational Viewpoints in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Stephen is also the recipient of 2017 NASSP
Digital Principal award as well as the recipient of the 2014 Bammy Award from the Academy of Education Arts and
Sciences for Middle School Principal. Stephen also serves as a Board Member for ParentCamp.org and is the founder
and organizer for both ParentCamp South Jersey and Edcamp South Jersey. Lastly, Stephen is an active member of
the educational Twitter community and can be found @SPSantilli.
Jennifer Holmstrom is currently an Assistant Principal at Egg Harbor Township High School. She has
been in education for over 19 years. Prior to this position, she spent four years as a School Counselor
in Ventnor Middle School serving as the District wide NJHIB Coordinator and NJHIB School Specialist.
While in this position, she had trained and educated 100s of students and parents in cyberbullying and
social media safety. She began her teaching career in the Atlantic City Public schools where she spent
13 years teaching elementary school. Jennifer has presented on several occasions for LOTI Summer
Institutes, “My Classroom to Yours”, Richard Stockton College, Technology in the Classroom, School Board Association
Convention, and ParentCampSJ, Stockton University, is co-administrator of EHTHS Facebook page, and still teaches
English to her Beijing students.
Marissa Russo is currently a Student Assistance Counselor at the Egg Harbor Township High School,
located in Southern New Jersey. As a counselor, she is able to work closely with those in need of an
array of supports within the school, as well as by partnering with community resources, to assist students
and their families facing a variety of adversities and/or crises; Her role is to identify, address and monitor
prevention, intervention, and postvention measures regarding, but not limited to: social-emotional, mental
health, substance use, and academic matters. Additionally, she serves as a member of the Crisis, School
Safety, Intervention & Referral Services, Section 504, and School Leadership Teams along with operating as one of the
high school’s NJHIB Anti-Bullying Specialists. Recently, Marissa began presenting on a range of topics, including the topic
of Social Media Safety at ParentCampSJ, held at Stockton University. Prior to working as a Student Assistance Counselor,
Marissa was a middle school teacher, for over 10 years, where she spent the majority of her career focusing on the
infusion of positive climate & culture and character education within her everyday curricula practices.

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