Cayte Mendez, 2nd Vice President

Email: 2nd.vice@nfbny.org

Cayte Mendez teaches a class of twenty-four first-grade students at a public school in the Bronx. In addition to her position on the NFB of NY Board, she currently serves as both the President of the National Organization of Blind Educators and Chairperson of the Scholarship Committee of the NFB of NY. She received her Bachelor's degree in Linguistics and Asian Studies from Cornell and her Master's degree in Education from Pace University. At the 2012 NFB Convention she was honored with the Distinguished Blind Educator of the Year Award.