Community Development

After college, Nate focused on community development. He taught and coached at a community center in Ceilấndia, Brazil, taught bi-lingual high school history in Chicago, then worked on Central American issue-related organizing campaigns. After studying at the University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, Nate received his M.A. in Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

He traveled the world producing news and sports reports for TV-Globo of Brazil, then became vice-president for Pan American Sports Marketing, where he utilized his project management and language skills to organize international basketball tournaments throughout the Americas, including producing the original USA Dream Team games in 1992.

Nate began teaching high school in NYC in 1996, then completed his administrative training in 2003. Nate’s doctoral work was done at Seton Hall University where  his dissertation focused on small high school graduation rates.