Kindergarten

Kindergarten

Ms. Kathy was born and raised in Flushing, New York. She earned her Bachelor's of Science in Psychology/ Education and Master's of Science in Teaching Early Childhood Education (General Education/ Special Education) from Touro College. She loves to spend time with her three nephews, Eric, Dean and Steven. She enjoys traveling, biking and hiking. Ms. Kathy is excited and looking forward to creating an environment filled with new experiences and lots of memories with our TALES community.

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Kathie Yip

Mrs. Yip is a mother to two lovely girls. She was born and raised in Flushing, NY. She attended Queens College and originally pursued a career in Media & Public Relations but found her true calling in working with children as an educator.

Mrs. Yip loves animals and has raised various pets. Did you know bunnies can be potty trained?! She also has a sweet tooth, so in her free time, you can find Mrs. Yip enjoying a warm mug of dark hot chocolate and a book or scary movie.

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Mandy Lam

Ms. Lam was born in Hong Kong and her whole family moved to America when she was eleven years old. She is multilingual, being able to speak three dialects in Chinese and a little Spanish. Prior to Joining TALES as a Kindergarten bilingual teacher, she had taught as a CAPA after-school teacher, 3K, and Pre-K teacher at a bilingual Mandarin school. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Psychology and a Master's in Teaching with a Bilingual Extension in Mandarin from Queens College. Ms. Lam loves to spend time with her son and travel with her family during her free time. She enjoys every aspect of teaching and has learned in her years of educating that students can teach us as much as we teach them. This is one of her favorite things about teaching. She is happy and excited that she gets the opportunity to take part in the lives of precious little ones.

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Fanny Roman

Mrs. Roman has been teaching for over 10 years. She taught Pre-K for 8 years and is going on her fourth year of teaching kindergarten. Mrs. Roman has had the opportunity to work in various school settings, both public and private. She attended Queens College for her Undergraduate and Masters degree in Early Childhood Education.

Mrs. Roman grew up in Astoria, Queens and continues to live in the area. Mrs. Roman is married and enjoys spending time with her four sons Gabriel, Andrew Samuel and Elias. She is looking forward to having a successful school year!

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Charlene Rivera

Mrs.Rivera has been teaching for 16 years and is going into her 17th year as as educator. She started her teaching career in Bed Stuy Brooklyn as a kindergarten teacher and then a 3rd grade teacher. She then started working at tales as a pre-K teacher, kindergarten teacher , first grade teacher and is now a kindergarten teacher.

She has a masters in special education and she finished her undergraduate degree at Buffalo State College. She resides in Astoria, Queens with her husband Jonathan . Mrs. Rivera has an older sister and enjoys teaching. She loves working with children and enjoys infusing play based learning into her teaching daily. Mrs. Rivera also enjoys traveling and learning about new cultures. She grew up in Buffalo New York and enjoys spending time with her four nieces and one nephew.

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Julie Dai

Ms. Julie has been teaching since 2010. Prior to joining TALES, she has taught preschool, 2/3 bridge special education class, integrated co-teaching classes in grades 4 and 5. She graduated from Queens College with her B.A. in Psychology & Childhood Education and M.S. in Special Education. Ms. Julie grew up in Flushing and currently lives in Long Island with her husband and two children. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and trying new things. Ms. Julie is looking forward to a wonderful year ahead!