Ana joined Rodeph Sholom School in 2012. She holds a Master of Arts in Jewish education from JTS and studied at Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has taught across three continents and diverse educational settings. Born in Brazil, Ana first started teaching at the local Jewish Day school in her hometown of Porto Alegre before making aliyah with her husband, Neco, and spending 13 years living on a kibbutz in Israel, where she taught kindergarten and first grade. Her family later moved to the Israeli town of Beer Yaakov, where she taught first grade for many years and continued teaching Hebrew through ninth grade before relocating to the United States in 2005. What Ana values most about Rodeph Sholom School is its authentic commitment to its mission and the way everyone—students, parents, faculty, and staff—smiles at each other in the hallways, creating a genuinely happy environment. She particularly appreciates the school’s dedication to social justice and Israel, the meaningful connection between the clergy and each child, and the intertwined relationship between Congregation Rodeph Sholom and the school that creates a committed Jewish learning community. Ana is a dedicated soccer fan who never misses a New York Red Bulls game and lives in White Plains with her husband and two dogs.
