Zakiya Owens
Title: Substitute Teacher
Email: zowens@bridgebostoncs.org
Students Call Me: Ms. Owens or Ms. O
Hometown: Boston
Why do you love working in education?: I am a sucker for working with kids that look like me. It is important to me that I work in a place that has a higher population of students that not only look like me but also may have come from where I came from.
Why Bridge? One of the main reasons that I chose Bridge is because of its central location relative to where I live and the community that it serves. After looking a bit deeper, I also found that the work that Bridge commits to, in terms of supporting the community, is something that I haven't seen in other schools in the area.