A Bit About Me

Hi everyone! My name is Sage Bernstein and I am very excited to share with you all a little about me. Here are some quick fun facts about me:

• I have played 3 different collegiate sports but my main and favorite is soccer.
• I am the President of a club called Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and my favorite aspect if that is being able to organize community service events for all of athletics to take part in.
• I was born in Brooklyn and lived here for 5 years before moving to Long Beach, NY. I moved back to Brooklyn 5 years ago.
• My ethnicity is Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Jewish but I am a 3rd generation NYer!
• I have a passion for coaching basketball and soccer
• I love to write poetry (that specifically rhymes)
• I like to challenge my brain with puzzles and riddles

Some photos of me!

My Passion for Teaching

As for teaching, my passion started when I was very young! With both my parents being NYC DOE teachers, and just being around them and also getting to visit their jobs when I was younger, I realized it was something I always wanted to do. I have always been surrounded by education and also really drawn to helping others when it comes to sharing what I learn. Being an older sister, I think having that natural ability of helping those younger than me with learning is something that has always just been innate and wired into how I function. I have always loved helping others when it comes to learning, but I also love learning myself. I knew being a teacher from a very young age, I would get to have the best of both worlds when it came to learning and getting to continue to learn. I also was very lucky to have such a great experience with my own teachers in my academic career which truly inspired me because I wanted to make an impact on students, the way they did for me. I want to be the type of teacher who helps students achieve more then they think they are capable of and teach them to not only be great students, but great people and future leaders!