Chemay Morales-James

Chemay Morales-James

Chemay Morales-James, Ed.M., is Senior Project Associate for the Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionality (TACD) in the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education at New York University. A former special education teacher, Chemay is the lead creator and implementer of TACD's Culturally Responsive 4-Part Training Series and has been a contributing writer for practitioner briefs produced by TACD. In addition to working on TACD, Chemay has over ten years’ experience working with students from vulnerable populations. Her interest in working with TACD was inspired by her desire to take part in creating systemic change in the way all children are appropriately educated, especially those who have been disenfranchised. Chemay has a B.S. in Special Education and received an Ed.M. in Supervision of Special Education Programs from Teachers College, Columbia University.