Ninette Perez

Region: Long Island
Program Institution: SUC at Old Westbury

Education

College/University: SUC at Old Westbury
Major/Minor: B.S. Mathematics
Graduation Date: 2008

Work History

Employer: New York City Department of Education

Significant Professional or Academic Accomplishments: As an undergraduate math major at SUNY College Old Westbury Ninette Perez was actively involved in mentoring and academic coaching. A counselor for the STEP summer secondary school program for two years as well as a mentor for the STEP Saturday academic program, she was involved in peer tutoring at the collegiate level in the campus Mathematics Learning Center. In her junior year, Ninette conducted research in computational chemistry, computing energy levels of carbon atoms and graphing data to interpret calculations. In May 2008, Ninette graduated from Old Westbury with a B.S. in math. followed by graduate study at Fordham University, Graduate School of Education where she earned an MS in Teaching Adolescence Mathematics 7-12.

She currently teaches high school algebra and geometry for the New York City Department of Education.