Lizzy joined The Saul and Carole Zabar Nursery School as a head teacher in 2017, and has worked in both Extended Day 3’s and Pre-K classrooms. Prior to joining the nursery school, Lizzy taught preschoolers with special needs for 10 years. Lizzy attended New York University and received a B.A. in psychology. After assistant teaching for three years, she completed her master's degree in early childhood general and special education at Bank Street College of Education. Lizzy was born and raised on the Upper West Side, where she currently resides with her husband and daughter.

Lizzy is a member of the nursery school's Leadership Team, and helped to found and lead the school’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism (IDEA) committee, as well as the Special Rights committee. Lizzy is passionate about teaching, and strives to provide engaging and exploratory learning experiences that elicit creative thinking and a love of learning in every child. She is dedicated to anti-bias and anti-racist work in the classroom, and strives to create a caring community that recognizes and supports each child’s individual learning needs. Lizzy is incredibly excited for the upcoming school year, and looks forward to partnering with all of the families in Classroom 4.