Christina Fontanarosa is a 20 year educator. She has worked for the NYC DOE, NAIS schools, and in Higher Education as a teacher/administrator/counseling services. She has a BA in Early Child Education from Spelman College and MA in Applied Psychology and Counseling from NYU. Christina believes in supporting the whole child and empowering youth to direct their own path through educational experiences. She has served as board member for Rainbow Rumpus in support of LGBTQ students, a Registered Yoga teacher for KAVI, and a Child Development Trainer for the Children’s Defense Fund’s Freedom Schools along with CUNY. Currently Fontanarosa is the Performing Arts Dance and Yoga Instructor at the Ascend Charter Network and Director of Bohemian Woman Sorority Inc.