June Labyzon:  

Went to JCSC right after graduation. Left in 1965 and started working in NYC at advertising agencies. Married my first husband, Ed Miller in 1968 and we both went to JCSC at night. I graduated with a BS in Early Childhood Education in 1973. During the summer of 1974, Ed Miller and I moved to New Orleans, where I started teaching in the public schools. We divorced in 1976 and I remarried in 1979. My daughter was born in 1982, and she is the light of my life. I separated from my second husband when she was 3 1/2 years old, and was basically a single mother, except for the wonderful network of women I had helping me raise my child. It truly takes a village!!! While in New Orleans I cofounded a public Montessori School with 3 other teachers and received a masters in Montessori Education from Tulane University. I stayed in New Orleans until 2003, where I worked as a teacher, theater stage manager, and was active in the anti-bias/anti-racist community. In 2000, I went to Japan on a Fullbright. It was one of the best times of my life and I consider New Orleans home, and definitely will return there when I retire completely. I retired from the New Orleans public schools in 2003 and moved backed to Jersey to live with my mother who was not doing well. In 2005, we had to find a nursing home for her, as she has Alzheimers. She is 93, in good health though sh...Expand for more