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Born in Queens, New York Meisha comes from a family of educators. She was raised by a single mother who returned to school to finish her degree and become an educator herself. Her upbringing taught her the power of public education, and the difference one teacher can make.
Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice—a school she helped conceive and found. After 18 years at the school, where she became principal, she spent three years as superintendent of District 11, which served the Pelham Parkway, Eastchester, and Woodlawn neighborhoods of the Bronx. www.thepositivecommunity.com
