Angela Germano, 6th grade language arts at Toms River Intermediate School, Toms River, NJ I grew up in Philadelphia, and my mom was diagnosed with breast…

Caitlin Gioe, Stafford Intermediate School, 5th and 6th Grade Drama and Social-Emotional Learning Teacher  “I teach over 700 students anti-bullying, communication, mindfulness, and a…

Megan Ziegler, Lakewood Middle School, 7th Grade English   “About a week in advance, the school started prepping us, and telling us to put…

Christopher Gassler, Special Ed. Math Teacher, Clayton High School, Clayton, NJ I teach math at Clayton High School.  I started teaching way back…

Tanya Mosely, 1st Grade Teacher, Walnut Elementary, Toms River I worked at a bank for 6 years, and then I took a year…

Erica Moyer and Megan Schutz, North Plainfield School District Erica Moyer: When I first started student teaching, I was a student teacher and…

Christina Moscatello, North Plainfield, West End Elementary School, K-4th Library Technology “I grew up with a disabled brother. I originally was a special…

Maria Rivera, Second Grade Teacher, Mount Holly, Burlington County I always was interested in history, but they did not have any positions for a…

I used to be an industrial chemist. I was going through a time of unemployment. 9/11 had done a lot of damage to the…

Kenneth Ward, Newark Central High School, Special Needs Teacher I didn’t choose to be a special needs teacher; it kind of chose me. Teaching was…