Title: Writer, Teacher, Dancer

Company: Brown Academy

Location: Great Neck, N.Y.

With more than 18 years of experience, Mrs. Melissa Iteld-Jurin provides for those under her tutelage a wealth of knowledge on topics related to literature and authorship. She has taught literature at an academy for the past three years, and she is extremely passionate about teaching Initially, Mrs. Iteld-Jurin became involved in her profession through her passion for teaching.students the art of writing, and how they can share their thoughts fluently and creatively.

Mrs. Iteld-Jurin is currently collaborating on a novel called ‘Dying to Get Under the Chuppah’ with Sandra Hochman, a Pulitzer Prize nominee and an award-winning poet. Ms. Iteld-Jurin has also taught literature at an academy for the past three years. She is devoted to her young son, Larry, and husband, Bruce Jurin. She has more than 15 years of experience in the field of education. In five years, Mrs. Iteld-Jurin hopes to publish her book.

Through her insatiable persistence, Mrs. Iteld-Jurin believes her success continues to grown with ever time she makes contact with another. She also draws upon the Master of Arts in history and education she has from Columbia University.