Erica Weiner-Amachi is a first grade Lead Teacher at KPEA. She has taught for eight years (five years in the Atlanta Public Schools and 3 year at KIPP Philadelphia Charter School). Ms. Amachi was a Teach for America corps member in 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Amachi is originally from Montgomery, New York and she graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She has a Bachelor of Arts in History and an MEd in Educational Leadership. Her favorite things to teach about are science, social studies and writing! She also loves to read aloud and draw pictures. Ms. Amachi has a husband and a dog, both of whom she loves very much. Ms. Amachi is the first woman in her family to graduate from college, a fact she is very proud of. She chose to become a teacher at KPEA because she knows firsthand how important a wonderful elementary school experience is to making it up the mountain to college.