Janine Mazzarella:  

I grew up in Forest Hills, New York, where I attended Mater Christi for the first two years of HS then transferred to Forest Hills High School. My mother took me out of Mater Christi after the subway accident that happened in Spring of '70. I was stuck down in subway with friends for 3 hours because of an accident the previous train was involved in. I'll never forget that day, my mother was frantic! After HS I then attended Nathaniel Hawthorne College, where I majored in Art and Elementary Education. I received my Masters in Literacy at LIU in Riverhead, at the age of 54. Right now I am a site Director for a before and aftercare school program called Champions, I am a substitute teacher at that school and a self employed artist. I also have taught Art, grades P...Expand for more