BA Queens College

BA CUNY (Queens College)

AS Manhattan Community College

BA CUNY Queens College

AS CUNY Laguardia Community College

Ms. Antunovic is a certified Art teacher, and includes Visual Arts in her STEM classes. She enjoys painting and drawing, and building up her jewelry store with her partner.

BA Lehman College

Ms. Astacio enjoys spending time with her family and close friends. She oves good active walks, good music and many laughs!!

MA SUNY Stony Brook

BA SUNY Stony Brook

Mrs. Bobcombe enjoys traveling, photography, and spending time with family.

BA St. Francis College

Mr. Brown enjoys watching tv, traveling, being with friends and family, listening to music, coaching, going to the gym, playing and watching basketball and football.

MSW Fordham University

BSW Concordia College 

MS St. John's University

BS St. John's University

Mrs. Ceron loves spending time with her family and friends. She enjoys reading, drawing, writing and listening to all genres of music.

MS CW Post

BA St. Joseph's College

Mrs. Cox enjoys spending time in her garden and sailing.

MA The New School

BA Emory University

MSEd Queens College

BA Plattsburgh State University

Ms. Lonergan-Gagliano enjoys spending time with her family, friends and pets! She enjoys reading and learning new things.

BA St. Joseph's College

Ms. Giaccone enjoys going on adventures, traveling and spending time in the sun.

BS St. Joseph's College of New York

Mrs Grant-Brown loves working with children and spending time with family and friends.

MA Teachers College, Columbia University

BA Queens College

Ms. Guridis is a traveler, food lover, enjoys reading aloud to youth, and believes in turning ideas into realities. 

BA University of Kansas

Mr. Hays loves traveling, eating exotic food, bike riding, camping, and hiking.

AA & AS

Ordained, active clergy in Christianity and Messianic Judaism. Published writer, with several projects underway. Former Columbia University and City College Adjunct Professor who enjoys videography and study of ancient cultures.

MA Queens College

BA Queens College

Ms. Jagarnauth enjoys any water activity, especially swimming. She also enjoys trying new foods and going to new places.

MA Hofstra University

BA Adelphi University

Ms. K loves spending time outside, traveling, and arts & crafts. She is a food-lover  and lifelong learner who enjoys meeting new people, learning new things, and spending time with those who are important to her.

MSEd Hunter College

BS STAC

MS Long Island University

MA Long Island University

BA Adelphi University

MSEd Grand Canyon University

MBA Findlay University

BA Capital University of Economics and Business

Ms. Li's motto is "Work work hard, Play play hard."

MS Touro College

MSc Ranchi University

BSc Ranchi University

MBA American Public University System

BA CUNY Queens College

BA Baruch College

AAS Laguardia Community College

Ms. Montaque believes in living everyday to the fullest!

BA Brooklyn College

Ms. Newman's interests include working together with people living in Tanzania and Haiti to help develop opportunities for education and sustainability.

MA Touro College

BS City College of New York

Culinary Arts Degree Institute of Culinary Education

Ms. Orozco was born and raised in NYC. She loves to travel, cook dinners for her friends and run marathons. Spending time with her family is important and her favorite place in the world is located in San Martin, Argentina!

MA Hofstra University

BA University of Rhode Island

Ms. Pabon enjoys spending time with her family and friends and watching her two boys grow up. She absolutely loves what she does, loves working with all of her students, and having the opportunity to teach them how to be healthy and physically fit.

MSEd CUNY Queens College

BS Farmingdale State

Mr. Palmisano enjoys having the opportunity to help others. He also enjoys spending as much time as he can at the beach.

PHD Columbia University

MA Brooklyn College

BA Brooklyn College

MA San Diego State University

National University

Mr. Ricketts has been an educator for over 18 years serving in capacities of teacher, consultant, and Principal. He believes all students should have opportunities to excel in innovative classrooms that promote student voice and critical thinking.

Mr. Rubel was born and raised on Long Island, New York. He graduated from SUNY Geneseo, majoring in adolescent education and history.

He finds it very interesting to learn about the past, and stay informed on what is going on in the world today.  To understand the present and the future, we must look back at the past to see how we have gotten to this point. Mr. Rubel is currently finishing up a masters program in teaching literacy, grades K-12 at Touro College. He looks forward to taking what he has learned during the course of that program, and integrating reading and writing skills and strategies into his classroom.    

In his free time, Mr. Rubel loves to be outdoors. Two of his favorite hobbies are playing basketball and beach volleyball. He enjoys going to the beach and riding his bike along the Long Beach boardwalk.

MS Touro College

BS SUNY Oneonta

MLS Queens College

BA Queens College

Mrs. Sharkey loves when students find the perfect book that will start them becoming lifelong readers. She also loves being with her family, reading and traveling (though not nearly as much as she would like!) and attending NY Cosmos soccer games.

MA Hunter College

BA Hunter College

Mrs. Stephanides takes pleasure in exploring different places around the world and spending quality time with her family. She is passionate about teaching and helping students gain their independence.

SBL & SDL Hunter College, New York City

MA Columbia University, Teachers College, New York City

BA John Jay College, New York City  

For more than fifteen years Rod Wilkins has provided leadership in education. He began his career in education as an elementary school teacher. As an administrator, he developed programs to improve schoolwide systems. Prior to joining OWNCS as Principal of OWN 2, Mr. Wilkins supported the work of seven Districts and Building Administrators as a Senior Project Associate at NYU’s Metropolitan Center for Urban Education. Mr. Wilkins, has developed curriculum, created professional development content, built Early Warning Systems, coached, mentored and provided critical solutions for complex educational problems. His professional experience includes: Regional Summer School Principal H.S., Associate Principal H.S. and Assistant Principal Elementary. Mr. Wilkins has also founded a not for profit corporation, served as Cooperative Board President, and worked in financial management and investment.