Lia Sacks

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$4,051 towards $4,000

My name is Lia Sacks, and I am thrilled and honored to run in the 2025 NYC Marathon as part of Teaching Matters. After serving as a NYC public school teacher for the past six years, I am ecstatic to participate in the NYC Marathon with the goal of raising at least $4000 for this wonderful organization. Teaching Matters is dedicated to increasing teacher effectiveness and closing the opportunity gap of our radically unequal education system. Your donation will help ensure that all children, especially those from under-served and historically marginalized communities, have equitable access to excellent teaching, regardless of zip code.

I grew up in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Vanderbilt University (located in Nashville, Tennessee) in 2016, where I majored in moderate disabilities and severe disabilities special education. In 2018, I completed a master’s degree from Teachers College of Columbia University in New York City in severe and multiple disabilities special education followed by a second master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 2019 in Elementary Education and English as a Second Language (ESL). I created and currently manage the community-based transition program at P79M Horan School for students, ages 18-22, with developmental disabilities, such as autism and intellectual disabilities. P79M is a District 75 special education public school located in East Harlem.

Check out my class's recent feature on ABC Eyewitness news: https://abc7ny.com/videoClip/16146464/

I have worked diligently throughout my teaching career in the New York City Department of Education school system to maximize students’ academic and functional successes and to enhance their independence and community engagement. As a special education teacher of adolescents with severe disabilities, it is an honor to support students’ development of various independent living and transition skills and to enhance their meaningful social awareness and integration in their communities and society as a whole.