OUR FACULTY

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Tali Berkovitz holds a PhD, where the focus of her studies was on the successful integration of dual language instruction, and an MA in Early Childhood Education from New York University. She holds a BS in Psychology from Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

Kelly Bird is currently working toward her PhD in Educational Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania. Bird earned a MSEd from Bank Street College of Education in Elementary Education and a BA in Psychology/Sociology from Wesleyan University.

Nancy Buck earned her MA in Math from University of North Carolina Greensboro and her MAT in Math Education from Bard College. She completed the Math Leadership program at Bank Street College, and she earned her EdD in Organizational Leadership from University of Dayton, OH.

Amy Hest is the author of more than 35 books for children of all ages. She has an MA in Library Science from C.W. Post College and a BA from Hunter College.

Lily Howard Scott holds a MS in Elementary Education and Literacy from Bank Street College. Her BS from Northwestern University is in Theater and History.

Lauren Hyman Kaplan holds an MA in Counseling from New York University and a BA in Psychology from Emory University.

Jenny Ingber, PhD, earned her PhD from Teachers College, Columbia University in Science Education and her MA in Teaching Chemistry (7–12) from New York University. Her BS in Biology is from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Christine Low has an MSW in Social Work from Columbia University. She has been a licensed social worker since graduation. Between 1991 and 2004 she was licensed as a CSW. She received her LCSW in 2004, when that licensing option began. Genevieve Lowry, MSEd, CEIM, CCLS, has a master’s degree in Education from Fordham University and her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and Child Life from Wheelock College.

Charlene Marchese earned an EdD in Early Childhood Elementary Education, specializing in Mathematics Education from Rutgers University, and a MEd in Leadership in Mathematics Education from Bank Street College. Her BA in Elementary Education is from Rutgers University.

Rafa Perez-Segura received his Masters in Elementary Education with a Spanish/Bilingual authorization from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education.

Ginny O’Hare Perrin has an MSEd in Special Education from Bank Street College and a BA in Child Psychology and Education from Swarthmore College.

Holly Thomas, MS, CCC-SLP, holds a BS from Northwestern University’s School of Speech and an MS in Speech-Language Pathology from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Ana Lisa Tiburcio earned an MS in Social Work from The City University of New York’s Hunter College School of Social Work and holds a BA in Psychology with a minor in Children’s Studies from The City University of New York’s Brooklyn College.

Deborah B. Vilas, MS, CCLS, LMSW, is an educator, child life specialist, social worker, writer, public speaker, and consultant whose passion is anything that supports children’s development and healing in the face of everyday life or trauma. She earned an MSW from New York University and MSEd from Bank Street College of Education.

Pat Watkins holds a dual master’s degree in Early Childhood Education and Special Education from Fordham University.