Noah Mayers : Founder and Lead Teacher 

Noah has been a teaching artist, puppeteer, and artisan since 2001.  He has had the honor of teaching at such august institutions as Eugene Lang College/New School University, Village Community School, LEAP, R.A.D. School, Brooklyn Free School, and with Teachers and Writers Collaborative.

Noah is passionate about exploring the unique learning environment of New York City.  He’s thrilled to share his enthusiasm for investigating the mechanisms that give the city life.  As a young adult, he was inspired by his alternative schooling experience, and he is honored to pass on the same gift. 

Amy Carrigan : TEACHER

Amy has been caring for, educating and playing with children for 25 years. She is a singer, puppeteer, artisan and mother of one shiny 4 year old. Amy believes in fostering autonomy, cooperation, independence, empathy, limitless thinking, community, creativity, problem solving, divergent and convergent thinking, love, compassion, personal growth, spontaneity and curiosity as a way to help children develop their leadership skills and sense of purpose in the world. She is currently in a vocal improvising lab in residence at Carnegie Hall and is working on co-creating an opera for babies to premier at Carnegie in April 2019.  She has been a puppeteer and co-artistic director of Brooklyn puppetry company Drama of Works for nearly 20 years.

Gerardo Ramirez : TEACHER

Gerardo has been teaching at Brooklyn Apple since 2015. Besides his incredible tinkering skills, he is also a breakdancer, visual artist, and graphic designer.

Jenni Mahnaz: Admin Extraordinaire

Jenni is a homeschool consultant, photographer, Mama, and admin extraordinaire for Brooklyn Apple. She has played in the self-directed education community for aver 12 years and continues to find new ways to engage. When she isn’t following up with BAA families, she is raising 3 little humans and dispelling common myths about homeschooling.

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