Bio
The second youngest of six children, Erica Guzmán was born and raised in East New York, Brooklyn to immigrant parents from the Dominican Republic. She earned her BA from City College and became a NYC high school math teacher in 2005. Now at Civic Leadership Academy in Queens and a Math for America Master Teacher, Ms. Guzmán assigns students to work in groups that change daily, depending on who needs what. Says a current student, “When we walk into class, we know the first thing we have to do is check to see where we are sitting. It keeps us on our toes.” Ms. Guzmán reflects, “If I can convince students that hard work and dedication are what gats you far in life and that natural talent or circumstances alone will not do that, my class will have been a success. Helping a student who has struggled to succeed is all the motivation I need.”
