Rachel Staroba-Hallenbeck

B.A. in Sociology, Empire State College; M.S. in Education of Children with Disabilities, Brooklyn College. Rachel currently teach bilingual special education to 10 students in Woodside, Queens. She has had the opportunity to “loop” with the same cohort of students from kindergarten onward and they are in their fourth year together. She also works with the Special Education subcommittee of the School Leadership Team and teach English Language Learners in the after school program. Prior to joining the NYC Teaching Fellows program, Rachel was a community organizer in upstate New York.