Maria Esposito Prota

Maria Esposito Prota 1982 took her seat on the Board of Trustees in 2013.

A “Lifer,” Maria’s association with Hamden Hall has been a long and endearing one. For 14 years, she served on the Parents’ Association Board with five terms as president. She co-chaired five association auctions and two fashion shows. She has served as a room parent for many grades, volunteered at several Grandparent & Special Friends Days, and at the Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament. For six years, Maria was a leader of the Hamden Hall Girl Scout Troop.

Maria and her husband, Carl, were also the co-chairs for the Senior Class Legacy Gift for the Class of 2011 and 2013. For the past two summers, Maria has taught the “Sounds, Letters, and More” class that is offered as part of the Summer Academy. She also served a three-year term on the Alumni Association Council.

Maria earned a Bachelor of Science in both special education and regular education from the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Conn. She received her master’s from Southern Connecticut State University in early childhood special education. She worked in the Madison Public School System as a special education teacher for five years, and she was an educational consultant at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven.