Principal - Hilaria "LaLa" Ruiz

Hilaria Ruiz has served as principal at Worth Heights, Manuel Jara and H. V. Helbing elementary schools.  Within Fort Worth ISD, she has held the positions of assistant principal, instructional specialist, classroom teacher and elementary school secretary.  She can honestly say that she has thoroughly enjoyed all of her positions with the District.  She completed her master's degree and mid-management certification at Texas Wesleyan University.

“I love my job and look forward to retiring from the District when I am no longer effective and/or when I come to the conclusion that it’s time for me to hang my hat because I have lost my passion to serve students and teachers,” she said.

Assistant Principal - Gloria Wadkins

Instructional Specialist - Esperanza Aguilar

Esperanza Aguilar has been an educator for thirty-eight years. She taught in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania all grades at the elementary level. This is her fourteenth year in Texas. After she left the classroom she worked as a Reading Coach for four years and this is her second year as Instructional  Specialist. Before she started her carreer as an educator she worked as a Probation Officer for three years in Puerto Rico.