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Tiffany Smith was born in Harlem and shortly after became a Bronxite after her grandparents became her legal guardians as a newborn. Tiffany grew up in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx as a little girl and moved to the North Bronx where she 
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Chalisha Lamberty was born and raised in Brooklyn and had the great opportunity to teach within the five boroughs of NYC.  She has a Bachelor’s of Science in both Education and Psychology and a Master’s of Science in Early Childhood Education and Special Education. These 
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Jamie is passionate about math and is excited to help her students gain that same love and excitement about learning. She grew up in Arizona and then moved to Utah to receive her Bachelors degree in Elementary Education with a Minor in Teaching English to 
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Vanessa grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island, New York. Vanessa earned her Bachelor’s degree in History from Binghamton University and Master’s in School Counseling from CW Post at Long Island University. During high school and college, Vanessa spent time volunteering and interning as a 
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Sarah  grew up in Pennsylvania and New Jersey before moving to Upstate New York to attend Syracuse University. During her time at Syracuse, Sarah completed an honors thesis which focused on alternative forms of communication. This research allowed Sarah to publish a children’s book that 
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Mia was born in Canada and grew up in Texas, but she loves living in New York and teaching at Haven Academy. Mia earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She then moved to Boston, Massachusetts where she taught elementary and 
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John was born in Harlem and raised in Queens.  While working at a summer camp as a camp counselor with children in elementary school, John discovered a passion of working in a school atmosphere. He then began to search for more opportunities and found one 
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Vivian Colón  is a proud member of the Latinx community and has been a mentor, advocate, agitator, community change agent, researcher, counselor,mediator and community organizer since high school.   After attending Syracuse, she worked as a counselor running peer leadership and peer mediation groups, However 
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