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Natasha Capers

Natasha Capers is the coordinator and parent leader of the New York City Coalition of Educational Justice (CEJ), an organization that seeks to end the inequities in New York City public schools. A Brooklyn native, she attended public schools all her life and her goal now is to give parents the tools to use their power and wisdom to dismantle a system to underserves them and their children.

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