Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
Michelle Barmazel is an accomplished educational advocate and consultant with extensive experience in supporting families of highly and profoundly gifted children. Currently serving as co-President and Board Member of the Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education since May 2015, Michelle also holds positions as an Advocate and Policy Advisor at Barmazel Consulting, and as a Board Member for Harvard Alumni for Education and Ascent Leadership Networks. Additional roles include membership on the boards of the Hoffman Institute, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, and former positions on the Board of Directors for the Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association and PG Retreat. Michelle's early career includes working as an Associate at McKinsey & Company. Educational credentials include a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics with a specialization in Computer Science from UCLA.
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Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
Founded in New York City in 1987 by Steve Mariotti, a former entrepreneur turned high school math teacher in the South Bronx, NFTE began as a program to prevent dropouts and improve academic performance among students who were at risk of failing or quitting school.Combining his business background with his desire to teach at-risk students,Steve discovered that when young people from low-income communities are given the opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship, their innate "street smarts" can easily develop into "academic smarts" and "business smarts." Through entrepreneurship, young people discover that what they are learning in the classroom is relevant to the real world. By teaching the entrepreneurial mindset, NFTE provides young people with tools and attitudes to overcome adversity and address future personal, economic, community and global challenges.The NFTE has worked with more than 500,000 young people from low-income communities in programs across the U.S. and around the world. As of fall, 2014 NFTE operates their successful curriculum in 19 U.S. communities and 12 countries and continues to expand - sharing and spreading the transformative power of entrepreneurship.