Bridget McNamara

Ms. McNamara joined Success Academy in 2013 as a Teach for America corps member at SA Harlem East before being promoted to fourth-grade lead teacher at SA Harlem 1. She returned to the SA Harlem East teaching staff in 2014 as a history and math teacher and then a math labsite teacher in 2016. During the 2017-2018 school year, she was SA Harlem East’s assistant principal. Ms. McNamara earned her undergraduate degree in political science from Brown University, where she also captained the field hockey team, and received her master’s in elementary education and teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education. Outside of school, Ms. McNamara enjoys storytelling and has performed live at “The Moth” in New York City.