Amy Nussbaum has a BA from University of Michigan in music education, and has worked as a music teacher in elementary and middle schools. Following college graduation, she joined the Peace Corps and lived in Namibia for two years where her service was primarily dedicated to grant writing and education for an elementary school in a rural community. She also established a community garden, kindergarten program, school playground, the school’s first library, and resources for HIV/AIDS prevention; she taught English, teacher development, computer, and HIV/AIDS prevention classes to both children and adults. While in the public schools, she was fortunate to teach every student in the schools, and frequently differentiated lesson plans and assessments for particular students, attending weekly team meetings with fellow staff members to solve student challenges, and participating in IEP meetings as a teacher representative. She has fundraised and served on the board for a nonprofit in Chicago, where she lives with her husband and four children, including daughter Libi, who has WS.
Family Support Network areas of focus: new diagnosis, children