Mrs. Mary Ellen Kettleman is a proud Hudson County native who got her first job in education when she was 14 years old. She has been teaching in some form ever since, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics from Stockton University in 2004, followed by a Master’s Degree in Education from New Jersey City University. She has taught at the middle and high school levels full time for more than ten years, during which she has employed a real-world, applications-first approach to mathematics to promote learning. This philosophy is informed by her experiences in banking as an operations specialist as well as working with older students in college-level courses. Mrs. Kettleman’s interests range widely from step dancing to physics; she has also worked with the National Science Foundation and the Holocaust Resource Center.