Bronx educators have history
with each other, the Bronx Times
BY ALEX MITCHELL
One Bronx educator who
made headlines in 1999 is still
doing so in 2019 through her
commitment to open a classical
tradition charter school in the
Bronx.
The Bronx Times featured
Stephanie Saroki de Garcia for
her generous and outstanding
work with the South Bronx Educational
Foundation, twenty
years ago.
She was prominently featured
on one of the paper’s
August covers while helping
a young girl in the foundation’s
summer program named
Stephanie Frias with some
schoolwork two deacades ago.
“The paper’s front page is
still hanging on my wall,” Saroki
de Garcia said.
Since that time, she continued
her educational journey,
graduating Harvard and going
on to open Brilla Public Charter
Schools in Mott Haven in
an effort to “help kids grow in
good character” through virtuous
teaching.
More specifi cally, they are
three K-8 schools that keep in
the classical tradition, helping
students to grow intellectually,
socially, and physically into
young men and women of good
character and spirit to be prepared
for in high school, college
and even beyond.
And as fate would have it,
one of Brilla’s newest employees
is that same girl that Saroki
de Garcia was photographed
helping, Stephanie Frias.
“She has such great character,”
Saroki de Garcia said
about her old pupil, mentioning
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how the summer they met
was a major impact on her future
decisions in the world of
education.
Now the duo work together
for Brilla along with other colleagues
to shine light on the
south Bronx through education
while also planning a more
northward expansion.
Congrats Stephanie and
Stephanie - good luck in your
future educational pursuits,
and welcome back to the Bronx
Times!
Stephanie Saroki de Garcia helps Stephanie Frias in 1999.
Courtesy of Stephanie Frias
Stephanie Frias (l) and Stephanie
Saroki de Garcia in 2019.
Courtesy of Stephanie Frias
Stephanie Frias (l) and Stephanie
Saroki de Garcia in 2019.
Courtesy of Stephanie Frias
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