Welcome to District 1, located on Manhattan’s Lower Eastside and East Village!
Aracelis Araujo, born and raised in the South Bronx, started her career as a General Education Teacher in Baltimore, MD. In 2005 she relocated back to the Bronx teaching various grades for ten years in District 7. In 2011 she received a Masters Degree in Special Education from Bank Street
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Kimberley Mascoe started her teaching career as a NYC Teaching Fellow in 2003 and taught middle school mathematics for eight years in District 26 and District 8. Kimberley spent two years as a Mathematics Achievement Coach with one of the networks in Cluster 2 where she continued to support District
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Claire Lowenstein started her education career as a Special Education, Reading and ELA teacher in Manhattan. She has a master’s degree in Special Education from New York University. A graduate of the Leadership Education Apprentice Program (LEAP), she received her Administration and Supervision degree from Baruch College and Bank Street
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Before joining District 1, Sasha Sam was an ICT and Special Class (12:1) teacher, Special Education Liaison, and Academic Intervention Service Coordinator in Brooklyn and Queens. She has an undergraduate degree in Special Education, a Master’s in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Touro University, and an
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Shoshana Lief is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who started her career in the DOE as a school-based social worker in Brooklyn. She then went on to serve at the central level as the citywide Family Support Manager helping to support and empower parents through the various challenges they encountered.
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Luz Maria Rojas-Vilson has worked as a teacher, assistant principal, and acting principal across the city for over 20 years. In 2000, Luz Maria left the field of corporate advertising and became a teacher for multilingual learners after she read a local newspaper article about disproportionate drop-out rates for Brown
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Sandra Portnoy has been a passionate educator for many years. She began her career teaching 3rd grade in Broward County Florida. Although she loved teaching all subjects, her real passion has always been literacy – she just wanted students to garner a love of reading. This led her to get
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Christina has been an active member of the District 1 community for over 19 years. She is a proud mom of three; all of whom graduated from District 1. Christina was elected PTA President at P.S.19 Asher Levy School where she increased parent engagement. Later, she was honored to take
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Ann Iparraguirre was born and raised on a dairy farm which launched her lifelong interest in the natural world. Ann completed her Doctorate in Educational Leadership and has taught every level of students, from pre-K through post-graduate. After working as a teacher and school administrator, Ann turned her attention to
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