Fanwood Life Magazine Fanwood Life Magazine - Fall 2018 | Page 9

Welcome, New Staff!

Pazit Abramowicz Speech Language Pathologist
Katherine Buda Teacher
Cosmo DeBiase Teacher Aide
Jana Ferraro Assistant to Director of Curriculum
Pazit is a certified, multilingual SLP of more than 10 years. She is a certified SLP in 3 states and also has her Certification of Clinical Competence( CCC). Pazit was most recently working with an agency where she provided speech to multiple schools. She has both her BA and Masters in Communication Disorders.
Katie has her BA in Elementary Education, Education of the Deaf, and History, from The College of NJ and her MA in Deaf Education. She recently taught at Summit Speech School as an itinerant teacher working with kids from Pre-K to 12th grade.
Cosmo has been a substitute here at NYSD since 2005. He has subbed in both classrooms and as a Job Coach over the years. Cosmo is a graduate of NYSD and is now a full time employee.
Jana has her BA in Language and Culture, with a focus on ASL and Deaf Culture. She is also pursuing another BS in ASL-English Interpreting, with an anticipated graduation of Fall 2018. Jana was the Resident Assistant at The Office of Residence Life of McDaniel College and interned at the Language Services Department of Yale New Haven Hospital.
Hermila Figueroa Teacher Aide
Conniree Francis ASL Teacher
Shealyn Hoza Speech Teacher
Madeline Lima Teacher
Mila has worked at Fanwood for over a year now working as a Substitute Teaching Assistant. Mila has worked in our ES department as well as HS Skills. She will be joining us as an Aide in the 4th / 5th grade class.
Conniree is a certified ASL and Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher. She has her BA in Management Science and MA in Deaf Education. Conniree was most recently the ASL Teacher at Hawthorne Cedar Knolls School.
Shealyn graduated with her MS in Speech Language and Audiology from NY Medical College and a BS in Science in Speech Language and Audiology from Ithaca College. She has experience as a graduate student clinician in multiple settings including an elementary school and school for children with multiple disabilities.
Madeline has her BA in Communication Disorders and Deaf Studies and MA in Deaf Education. She has worked in multiple positions at NYSD, since 2012. Most recently, she completed her student teaching with us and is now a full-time Teacher.
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