Bessie is a Jersey City native whose ties to Hamilton Park go way back. When she was a teenager, she started a Shakespeare troupe with fellow teens to perform in the pavilion! She is a graduate of High Tech High and then went on to get her B.A. with High Honors from Rutgers University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Michigan. Additionally. she holds a Diploma in Adolescent Development from Train Montessori.
Felix is fluent in Spanish and was born and raised in the Dominican Republic through 5th grade. He is currently working on his M.A. and has an undergraduate degree in Recreation Administration. He also worked at the North Bergen Recreation Center supervising camp procedures and coaching a multitude of sports. He has a passion for the Montessori method of education and believes in the importance of speaking multiple languages.
Meena grew up in India and attended Calcutta University for her bachelors and post graduate degrees in business and economics. After working at The Oral School for Deaf Children, which brought her much joy, Meena decided to become a teacher and earned her M.A. in Education. Meena spent a couple of years teaching in schools in Calcutta, and then moved to the United States and started teaching at a private school in New York City in 2002.
Seth Kahn-Sager (they/them) is happy to join Hamilton Park Montessori School, teaching science on the middle school team. They have a BS in Chemistry with a Math Minor from Lafayette College and an MEd from UMass Amherst. Seth has taught math, science, and technology for almost two decades, mainly in independent, public, and charter schools in New York City, and is certified in teaching Math and Chemistry in New York and Massachusetts. Additionally, they are passionate about including diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom. Seth has presented on DEI in the STEM classroom at the New York Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) Diversity Conference and was part of NYSAIS’s inaugural cohort of the Justice, Equity, and Diversity Institute, a one-year DEI leadership program. Seth is excited to be teaching on the other side of the Hudson River and to be part of the HPMS community.
