Born in NYC and raised in Stamford, CT. Kayla attended a progressive Jewish day school. She holds degrees in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and Educational Leadership. She has served as a high school ESL teacher, principal, principals’ coach, director of leadership for the NYCDOE and director of a Syrian Jewish PreK-HS IB school in Mexico City.

At the JC3, Kayla has served on the Board as Secretary, Membership and Education Chair. She has taught Hebrew/Jewish Life classes to children and adults.

Elliot Fine grew up in Greenwich Village, New York. After getting his B.A. at Antioch College, he worked at Telerate Systems, and Dow Jones, as the International Representative, Manager of Quality Assurance, Project Manager, Business Analyst and Manager of Subscriber Administration. Thereafter, Elliot switched careers to be a kindergarten teacher in the New York City public school system.

Elliot served as a board member at the Free Synagogue of Flushing, New York.

Elliot is an avid folk dancer. He has led folk-dance classes in New York City and taught Israeli folk dancing at the Jewish Community Center, San Miguel de Allende. Elliot also was a soloist with the George Tomov Yugoslav Folk Dance Ensemble, which performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York as well as toured in Serbia and Macedonia with the troupe.