Maverick Magazine Fall 2021: Mercy Alumna Leads the Nation's Largest Public School System

Mercy College was fortunate to speak with alumna Meisha Porter, M.S. ’03, H.D. ’20 about her March 15, 2021 appointment to the position of New York City Public Schools Chancellor. Porter is the first Black woman to lead the education of the system’s one million students in more than 1,800 schools. Porter inherited a school system amid the COVID-19 pandemic and approached the challenging situation as an opportunity to build a system that students deserve.

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