Members

Michele Wurst

HCGTC Co-President

Gifted and Talented Teacher

Secaucus School District

Karen Cristalli 

HCGTC Co-President

HCGTC Curriculum Writer & Web Page Designer 

District Instructional Supervisor 

Kearny School District 

Kim Kyak

HCGTC Secretary 

Gifted and Talented Teacher

Kearny School District 

Michele Daly

MSW, CSW, MSET

Director of Disability Education

School District Program Coordinator 

Meadowlands Environment Center – Ramapo College

mdaly@ramapo.edu 

Colleen Amador

HCGTC Member

Gifted & Talented Teacher @ Anna L. Klein School

Guttenberg School District

Susanna Rojas

Supervisor, Sara M. Gilmore Academy

Union City Public Schools

Kristin Mattaliano

Jersey City Public Schools

Supervisor of Gifted and Talented Programs

kmattaliano@jcboe.org

Anastasia Barsukova

Hoboken Public Schools

Connors Gifted and Talented Teacher

anastasia.barsukova@hoboken.k12.nj.us 

Christy Gaudio

Hoboken Public Schools

K-12 District Supervisor of English Language Arts and Gifted and Talented Programming

cgaudio@hoboken.k12.nj.us

Stephanie Ferrara

Hoboken Public Schools

Wallace Gifted and Talented Teacher

stephanie.ferrara@hoboken.k12.nj.us 

Jonathan Peterson

Hoboken Public Schools

Brandt Gifted and Talented Teacher

jonathan.peterson@hoboken.k12.nj.us

Alexa Rocco

Hoboken Public Schools

Hoboken Middle School Gifted and Talented Teacher

alexa.rocco@hoboken.k12.nj.us

Tara Soto

District Gifted and Talented  Instructional Coach

Bayonne Public Schools

tsoto@bboed.org

Inaya Jaafar, Ed. D. 

North Bergen School District

District Supervisor of Special Services

ijaafar@northbergen.k12.nj.us

Catherine Delsandro

Gifted & Talented Specialist

Weehawken Public Schools

cdelsand@weehawken.k12.nj.us