Greg is also Founding Teacher of the JCC in Manhattan’s Gift of Math afterschool program for second graders in public schools. Prior to teaching, he spent seventeen years as a journalist, investor and entrepreneur. Some of his professional interests include mindfulness, the teaching of reading, writing and social studies, and learning and the brain. He holds Masters degrees in Special and General Childhood Education from Bank Street (2011) and in English from NYU (1993). Greg is graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (1992) with degrees in English and Economics.