Aviva Kafka is the Superintendent for the Hyde Park Central School District. She has 30 years of experience in the education field, including as an administrator in the following roles: Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Elementary Principal, and Migrant Head Start Regional Coordinator. She has taught in public and private schools, in New York City and San Francisco, and also in a one-room schoolhouse in central New York. She served two terms as the chair of the Mental Hygiene Board of Dutchess County. Aviva Kafka is also a consultant in the area of trauma-informed practices for the Sanctuary Institute and the Center for Trauma Informed Communities. She has published several articles and has presented at regional conferences. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Fine Arts from Antioch College, a Master’s of Science in Early Childhood Education from Bank Street College, and her School Building and School District certifications from the State University of New York at New Paltz.