Antonia Abram Smith

Antonia Smith is a special education teacher and advocate living with her husband and son in Brooklyn, NY. She is a first grade ASD Nest special education teacher at the New York City Department of Education and an Early Intervention Therapist. Prior to classroom teaching, Antonia worked at several New York community-based organizations including Greenwich House and Children’s Aid. She served for five years as the Managing Director of Stoked Mentoring, Inc. (STOKED), a sports and education nonprofit that works to close the opportunity gap for underserved young people in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. While at STOKED, Antonia served as a Fellow in Cape Town, South Africa through the International Sports Programming Initiative, a sports diplomacy program using sport to promote leadership skills, tolerance and respect for diversity. For several years, she ran a mentoring program for court-involved and formerly incarcerated youth in Brooklyn. Antonia has taught college and graduate students at Guttman Community College and the College of Staten Island. She earned a BA from the University of Chicago, an MS.Ed from Touro College, and a PhD from Teachers College Columbia University. A member of 15th Street Monthly Meeting, Antonia is committed to a life of service to others.