Tara Strogov |
| Hebrew & Judaics Teacher, Congregation Agudath Israel |
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United States |
About Tara Strogov
Tara Strogov grew up in New Jersey as the daughter of Bulgarian immigrants. Dedicated to serving the American immigrant community, Tara Strogov works with Literacy Volunteers of America teaching English to immigrants seeking to improve their knowledge of the language. Aware of the opportunities that strong English skills can bring to immigrant families, Tara Strogov strives to help them improve their command of the English language. Tara Strogov has taken a course on Teaching English as a Foreign Language through I-to-I, a volunteer program in which she participated after graduating from high school. I-to-I allowed Tara Strogov to travel to Tsingtoa, China, where she taught English in an intensive summer program for high school students.
Currently, Tara Strogov works as a teacher for Congregation Agudath Israel, a 90-year old congregation based in Caldwell, New Jersey. Leading a fifth grade Hebrew school class, Tara Strogov instructs her students in both Hebrew and Judaism. Tara Strogov is also working toward a Master of Arts in Teaching at Montclair State University, focusing on teaching English in secondary schools. A graduate of Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Tara Strogov gained valuable teaching experience as an undergraduate through her participation in Tufts Media Initiative, an underprivileged school education program. At Tufts, Tara Strogov also participated in and contributed to the school’s literary magazine. An active creative writer, Tara Strogov has been published in a number of literary journals and is now working on a collection of poems and short stories.
Before teaching at Congregation Agudath Israel, Tara Strogov worked for the Worldwide Orphans Foundation, which works to provide medical care, education, and developmental support to orphans around the world. Tara Strogov has also worked at Sotheby’s in New York City as the Assistant Manager of its Art Library and at Swink Literary Magazine as a Submissions Supervisor and Events Coordinator.
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