Meet Our Teachers
Novus Academy - The Talent School
Akanksha Sadana-Raswant
Reading, Writing, Math
Akanksha Sadana-Raswant has a Master of Arts in Childhood Education and spent six years in the classroom and currently works at The Dalton School as a reading specialist and tutor.
Karen Han
Reading, Writing, Math, Science
Ms. Han’s passion for teaching started in high school when she began helping young children in her neighborhood in NY with their homework.
Nancy Ames
Reading, Writing
Over my career, I came to realize that my greatest loves about being in the classroom were connected to reading, writing, and talking about both great literature and cultural studies.
Shelly Jackson
Reading, Writing, Application/SSAT
Ms. Jackson has been teaching in private schools for over 30 years. She is expert in Language arts, interview and personal statement writing.
Leslie Sacks Blaustein
Reading, Writing
Ms Blaustein Resides in New York City where she currently teaches an exclusively gifted and talented population in a K-5 school.
Natasha Peña
Reading, Writing
Ms. Peña was born and raised in the Bronx, NY. She discovered her passion for Education from the moment she took her first Education class.
Yuchen Xin
Coding
Passionate programmer and game developer, very skilled in programming in C#, Java, and Python, with a lot of experience in C/C++ as well.
Karen Bass
Reading, Writing
Ms. Bass has Master's degree in Education and has been teaching in the well-known private school, Dalton School, for over 30 years.
Mary Mellow
Reading, Writing
Ms. Mellow served as a Head Teacher for over 40 years in Dalton, the well-known private school in New York since 1979.
Savannah J. Harding
Reading, Writing
Ms. Harding received Bachelor's degree in Educational Psychology and works for American Brain and Nervous System Research Institute.