Meet Our Board of Directors
Erika Duncan
Founder, Executive & Artistic Director
There has never been a time when Herstory’s founder and artistic director Erika Duncan wasn’t doing what she could to give voice to stories that might not otherwise have been heard...
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Ana M. Figueroa
Board Chair & Acting Treasurer
Associate Director of Parent/Community Involvement at LI Head Start
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Ana Maria Figueroa was born and raised in Puerto Rico. Ana migrated with her mother and sister to the United States when her mother was recruited...
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Mimi Pierre Johnson
Vice Chair
Joseph Page
Secretary
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Program Coordinator for Breaking Ground
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Joe is connected to Herstory through the late (great!) Amy Hagedorn, president of the Hagedorn Foundation. He managed day-to-day operations for 8 years, until the foundation closed its doors in 2017.
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Laurel Janssen Breen
RN, PhD, CNE, Former Assistant Chair, Department of Nursing, St. Josepht's College
Laurel Janssen Breen is recently retired from nursing education. From 1998-2016, she built an academic career at St. Joseph’s...
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Jennifer Isik
East Rockaway Schools
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Jennifer Isik is a seven-year educator with an undergraduate degree in English Secondary Education from Hofstra University, a Master's Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language from Adelphi University, and a Certificate in School Administration and Leadership...
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Heather Pasmore
RN, BSN, CLNC, CCM, CLTC and Financial Mentor
Heather Pasmore has been a Professional Registered Nurse since 1984. Since June 2020 she has been a Healthcare Service ConsuItant to the Medical Service Bureau Division of the Suffolk County...
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Eileen Ryan, Esq.
Berkman, Henoch, Peterson & Peddy, PC​
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Eileen M. Ryan is an associate attorney at Vallely Law, PLLC. Her area of concentration is real estate law.
Eileen, a graduate of Saint John’s University, School of Law, represents mortgage lenders, mortgage servicers...
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Jacqueline Thomas
School Transformation Facilitator at Hempstead High School
Jacqueline “Jacqui” Thomas is an educator dedicated to social organization and transformation of challenged schools...
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