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Dawn De Lorenzo
Special Education Teacher
Dawn De Lorenzo has been a special education teacher for 23 years. She is a CERI Certified Structured Language Teacher and the Teacher Leader for Union Township Schools in Hampton, NJ.
She is an Educator in Residence with the PROGRESS Center and a Teacher Leader Policy Fellow for JerseyCAN. She holds a Master's degree in Curriculum & Instruction and obtained an Ed.S. from Seton Hall University, where she is currently a doctoral student in Educational Leadership, Management and Policy.
Dawn is deeply passionate about all students' right to learn to read. As a special education teacher, she advocates for students with special needs to be provided with the highest quality education in order to become self-actualized, contributing members of society.