NU Senior To ‘Teach For America’ After Graduation
Emma Pullano, a Niagara University senior, has been accepted into the Teach For America program.
Teach For America is a national nonprofit working to expand educational opportunities for low-income students. Corps members commit to teach for two years in high-need urban or rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in pursuit of educational equity.
Following graduation in May, Pullano, an early childhood/elementary education (with special education) major from Penfield, N.Y., will serve as a special education teacher for the Holyoke Public School District in Massachusetts, about 90 miles west of Boston. Pullano will train for five weeks in Lawrence, Mass., and then move to Springfield in August. Her two-year teaching commitment begins in September.
“This is truly an incredible opportunity for me to have received, especially so early in my teaching career,” Pullano said. “I have always dreamed of teaching in an urban setting and applying to a program like Teach For America, and Niagara only encouraged me to do so because of its values stemming from a mission to help those that are in need of our passions and talents.”
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