Obituaries
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Knikia Brown-Lord
Knikia Brown-Lord taught at Project Ready in the Bronx.
Anna Ext
Anna Ext was a teacher and former chapter leader at the HS of Music and Art.
Sheila Milner
Sheila Milner was a UFT member for 50 years, most recently as a teacher trainer in Manhattan elementary schools.
Barbara Kubota
Barbara Kubota was an ESL teacher at PS 90 and Queens Vocational HS in Queens.
Vincent Jones
Vincent Jones taught at the Satellite Academy High School, at the Forsyth Street campus.
Amy Sims
Amy Sims served as a UFT chapter leader at City College Academy of the Arts in Manhattan for seven years.
Michael Zirkel
Michael Zirkel was a UFT member for 30 years, working as an Industrial Arts teacher at Evander Childs HS in the Bronx for much of his career.
Su Abrams Kwartowitz
Su Abrams Kwartowitz was a beloved teacher at PS 306 in East New York, Brooklyn.