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Head of School: Ashley Furan

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Ashley Furan is the founding Head of School at HLA2. She has been committed to the education reform movement in New York City since 2004 in both district and charter settings, serving as an America Reads/America Counts tutor at various DOE schools before joining Teach for America. Ashley taught at Explore Charter School, KIPP, Public Prep, and served as an Assistant Principal at Success Academy before moving into her role as the Head of School at HLA2. She is a graduate of both New York University and Hunter College, and is an alumnus of Teach for America New York. Ashley is passionate about cross-cultural communication, embracing a sense of curiosity about the world and others, and being a life-long learner. These passions make her extremely dedicated to bringing HLA2’s mission to life: to be a diverse by design public charter school which prepares students to be successful global citizens.