Francesca Panfilo-Milza holds a B.A. in Anthropology and Pre-med with a Minor in French from New York University, and an M.A. in Comparative Education, also from NYU. After receiving her B.A., Francesca taught French and Italian at a private Catholic high school for 3 years. While pursuing her Master's at NYU, she worked at Trevor Day School, a prestigious independent school in New York City, where she served in several different capacities-as French teacher, advisor, and Dean of the middle school. Francesca also enjoyed co-directing the annual school musical.

In 2003, she moved to New Jersey, but continues to teach in a summer school program in New York. Francesca is trained in classical piano. She is delighted to pursue her love of music, teaching Kindermusik and Orff. She joined our faculty in 2008.