Advocates for Children of New York
Isabella Rieke is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in communications, project management, and community organizing. Currently serving as the Senior Communications Manager at Advocates for Children of New York since September 2019, Isabella previously held roles including Project Manager at MIT Community Innovators Lab, and served as a Researcher and Community Organizer with Freshwater for Life Action Coalition, focusing on the removal of toxic lead infrastructure in Milwaukee. Isabella's background also includes positions as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and various roles at New Visions for Public Schools, where responsibilities ranged from marketing communications to program assistance. Educational credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from Boston University and a Master of Science in Urban Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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Advocates for Children of New York
For more than 50 years, Advocates for Children of New York has played an important and unique role in New York's public education community. We focus on the children and youth who are most likely to experience failure or discrimination in school because of poverty, race, disability, language barriers, homelessness, or involvement in the foster care or juvenile justice systems. No other city-wide organization works in the trenches, providing these vulnerable students and their families with the one-on-one guidance and advocacy they need, while at the same time, pressing for systemic reforms that benefit all students, even those who are most challenging to educate. Our efforts on the individual and policy levels inform and strengthen each other, increasing our effectiveness for the communities we serve.