Sharon Bodzin has B.A. and M.B.A. in education business. She has been teaching a wide range of classes with Edu-Together, including American Sign Language and Earth & Environmental Science.

Her background is formal and informal education with high school and college students across the United States.

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Sahar Khan is bilingual, originally from Mauritius where she studied Bachelor of Educational & Instructional Technology. Before moving to Israel, she taught languages in high school for 7 years, with a specialty in learning disabilities.

She currently teaches French as a foreign language, online, through Edu-Together.

Tamar Cohen has many years of experience in teaching foreign languages and cultures among

children, adolescents and adults, and has been teaching Chinese in formal and

informal settings for over 15 years.

Additionally, she has been teaching Hebrew as a second language for over 5 years.

Tamar has a bachelor’s degree in middle and far east studies, and a master’s and PhD in

multilingual teaching and language policy, which gives her a theoretical, academic

and practical understanding of teaching foreign languages and cultures.

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Debbie Eisenberg is Edu-Together's psychology teacher. Originally from New Jersey, Debbie received her BA from Rutgers University and her MA in Social Work from Yeshiva University.

Debbie previously worked as a family therapist and social services director for a large nursing home chain.

Since shifting her focus to education, Debbie has worked with children and has developed several successful youth programs.

Jason Feigen received dual degrees in Literature and Law from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He has years of experience in informal education and a more formal background teaching English with a focus on public speaking and debating.

Jason spends much of his spare time acting in community theatre productions.

Karen Fisher has over 25 years of experience teaching French and Spanish. She has a master’s

degree in French language and literature from Binghamton (NY) University and completed seven

years of PhD level coursework in foreign language education, second language acquisition, and

French literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has taught French and

Spanish at the college/university level in New York, North Carolina, and Florida. Additionally,

she taught French for 12 years at the high school level in Florida. She is currently teaching

French, Spanish, English, and US History in a live virtual setting.

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David is from New York, and served as the musical director of  a SAR, a Jewish elementary school. David feels privileged to be teaching with EDU-Together. He plays the piano, violin, guitar, and harmonica and enjoys listening to all genres of music.

Dina Miller Golano is a seasoned educator and professional with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The University of Texas at Austin.

She has taught mathematics, physics, robotics and engineering subjects to elementary, high school and college level students. In addition to her teaching, she has worked in high tech including at NASA, LBL, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engines and Intel.

Dina has also created an afterschool STEM enrichment program for children in her local community.

Yeshaya Gruber teaches history and politics courses. He has a Ph.D. in History from Georgetown University and several years experience as a professor at the college level.

Dr. Gruber is also a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the co-founder of a translation company called Kol Hakatuv Ltd.

Rivkah Hanssen is an experienced online educator and is one of Edu-Together's longest serving staff memebers. Origianlly from Atlanta, Rivkah uses a variety of teaching tools and platforms to enable her students to become active online learners. Rivkah teaches all levels of ELA and History. She really enjoys teaching online courses, as she is able to work with students from all over the world.

Chante’ Hicks received her Bachelor’s Degree in Middle Level Teacher Education in math and science, but her favorite subject is math. After graduation, she was a substitute teacher for her home state and county for grades K-12, different subjects, and different types of students for 2 years. Due to the pandemic, she became a virtual teacher during her last year of substitute teaching for SPED 9th grade students. That was when she learned that she loves virtual teaching. Since then, she has had the desire to teach those who seek help virtually. 

She is the youngest out of 3 siblings and the shortest (6 feet 1). She is also the Vice President of a non-profit organization for the youth with ages ranging from 2-17 years old. She loves to teach, read, solve Sudoku puzzles, listen to music, play games, read, watch tv, and learn new things. She knows that learning is fun, one just has to change their perspective on what learning looks like and how to help students gain confidence, motivation, and a sense of accomplishment. When you have that student-teacher relationship, just know that you have built the foundation of a successful learning environment. 

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Ms. Diellza Jakupi holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Mathematics Department from the University of Mathematics and Science in Prishtina. Recently, she completed an additional semester in Mathematics Education in Budapest and got her credits from St.Olaf College based in Minnesota. During this period she observed different local and international schools at Budapest.

Currently, she is working on her Master's Degree in Advance Teaching at UoPeople based in California.

She is certified for JAVA Fundamentals, following this certification at the beginning of her career she was part of the IT Department at the Public Ministry as an intern. Ms. Jakupi is certified as an International Teacher of English ESOL from Chichester College and also as TESOL/TEFL from the World TESOL Academy. She was part of different educational conferences such as CEESAs summits and WASC Accrediting Commission for Schools Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Ms. Jakupi completed the IB PD in Developing Mathematical Reasoning and implementing the IB MYP Curriculum and also, she completed the IB PD for Mathematics: Analysis and approaches (Cat.1).  Since her third year of university, she taught math to primary and middle school students at private centers. At the same time, she served as a volunteer math teacher for other institutions. Before joining ILG she worked as a Math Teacher and substitute at QSI.

Ms.Jakupi is also certified in accounting and for two years she worked as a Payroll and Project Accountant for UA Builders and We Work Construction based in New York. For nearly five years Ms.Jakupi has run her own math lessons. Currently, she has students from different schools in Prishtina, Germany, and Norway while teaching some of them virtually. Ms.Jakupi also serves on the ILG School Board as the Staff Representative. She loves yoga, playing chess, and photography.

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Lauren Jensen has been both an online and classroom teacher in grades 2-12 for her entire career teaching in the areas of mathematics, computer science, STEAM science, technology, and instrumental music. She holds undergraduate degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Instrumental Music from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Masters in both Mathematics and Professional Development. Lauren also has extensive experience in writing and delivering professional development for teachers in handheld graphing technology. Her hobbies include playing in community jazz/brass ensembles and being an avid DIYer.

Basya Korin has a Chemical and Nuclear Engineering B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin. She has worked in the graduate teaching nuclear reactor in Austin and published research on tumor-detecting radioisotopes, for the DOD and DARPA developing weapons detection systems, and as a systems and reactor engineer at a boiling water nuclear reactor in Massachusetts.

After moving to Miami with her family she taught and headed the science department for 5 years at a girls’ Torah academy middle and high school. Basya spearheaded the introduction of student-based and project-based learning techniques and their first AP program.

Basya and her family moved to Israel in 2018 and she is passionate about introducing STEM ideas and projects through extracurricular camps and activities to the elementary girls in her neighborhood.

Basya loves anything outdoors, exercise, playing piano, and woodworking. Basya believes that learning should be enjoyable and that developing critical thinking and executive functioning skills goes hand in hand with learning calculus and stoichiometry.

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Mrs. Chanie Loew has over twenty years of experience teaching lower school, middle school, and high school grades, both Judaic and general studies. She has taught in a variety of schools, including Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion in Piscataway, NJ, Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva in Edison, NJ, Northwest Yeshiva High School in Seattle, WA and Sigel Hebrew Academy in West Hartford, CT. She also enjoys being a member of the education and nature staff at Camp Kaylie during the summers. Mrs. Loew grew up in Brooklyn, NY. She attended Michlalah Jerusalem College for Women for two years and was an assistant teacher there for a third. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from Touro College and has also had extensive experience working with children with special needs. She loves to teach and cares for her students like her own children.

Jana Milá studied Hispanic philology at Universidad de Valencia, in Spain, and knew right away that she wanted to teach Spanish as a foreign language.

She currently teaches at several highschools in Israel and the US and is part of the professional counsel for the Ministry of Education.

She thinks that there are few things in life more beautiful than seeing a student's eyes light up after something suddenly clicks.

Noam Natan, lives in Israel with his wife and children and teaches Hebrew in an area school. He spent 10 years as Rabbi and educator of an elementary school in Jerusalem. Prior to starting his teaching career, Noam served as a commanding officer in the Paratroopers unit in the IDF. As a child Noam spent several years living in the US.

Rabbi Gershon Steinberg, MSW, L-CSW, has been in the field of education for more than thirty years.

He enjoys teaching a variety of subjects, including Hebrew, Judaic Studies, English and ASL.

His teaching style allows students to learn the material and incorporate it into their own lives, while having fun in the process.

Rachel Lorch is originally from Cincinnati, OH. She trained as a teacher at Indiana University and taught in public schools in New Orleans before moving to Israel. She currently teaches in the Israeli school system as well as for US schools online through Edu-Together.

Rachel teaches all ages from elementary to 12th grade and is absolutely passionate about teaching.

Tzippy Wecker resides in Baltimore, Maryland. After teaching in New York City Public Schools and Philadelphia Charter Schools, she has been teaching at a local private school in Baltimore for over ten years. She holds a B.A., an M.A., and public school certification in three states. She enjoys playing many different musical instruments as well as helping students of all levels and abilities overcome math fears and build confidence.

Asher Zeiger grew up in North Carolina. He is married and has two teenage daughters, yet has managed to maintain a little bit of sanity and a lot of humor. He has a B.A. from Bar Ilan University in Tanach, which he uses as a basis to classes to students of all ages. He also tutors both children and adults in a veriety of Hebrew and Judaic Studies topics.