Staff

New York State TESOL STAFF

Rosibeli Gomez joined Columbia University in 2014 and has since held various roles within the different university campuses, including Central Finance. She received her B.S. in Accounting from Lehman College in the Bronx and is currently pursuing her CPA license. She is an avid explorer with great passion for traveling and learning about different cultures and languages.

Contact Rosibeli at treasurer@nystesol.org

For over 20 years, Lisa has worked in the Gates Chili School District in upstate New York as an ENL teacher, primarily with students in the middle grades. She has hosted over twenty student teachers and served as department leader for many years. She is most proud of helping advocate for and develop a newcomer program along with her colleagues. Her favorite part of the job is welcoming and acclimating new families to the school system. She volunteers for Refugee Strong as a website manager and Catholic Charities doing housing setups when new refugees arrive. Previously, she worked for Monroe County DSS as a tutor for unaccompanied refugee minors. Lisa enjoys creating art in her free time.

Contact Lisa at website@nystesol.org

Brigitte is a mom of twins and a twenty-nine-year veteran teacher in the field of education. Most of her educational experience and background has been as a Second Language educator in the public school system at the elementary level, with a short amount of experience focused on middle school, adult ESL education and foreign language teaching at the university level She currently works as an elementary ENL teacher with Binghamton City School District.

Contact Brigitte at socialmedia@nystesol.org