With over 20 years of experience teaching grades K-8 in Title I funded teaching positions and also at non-Title I schools, Ms. Kaufman has extensive experience helping parents and guardians learn to navigate school systems for the first time in adulthood. Ms. Kaufman’s passion and skill in empowering parents is further demonstrated through her service as a volunteer educator for families and foster parents learning to parent children who have experienced trauma. She also provides classroom expertise and leadership for other teachers through her work on the Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports Committee at the school where she works.