Yoni Schlussel is an educator, artist, and writer. She teaches at Torah Academy of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Jewish Day School. She facilitates numerous chaburas for women on Torah and personal development, locally and online. She also directs women’s programming for Congregation Beth Jehudah and is on the Community Planning and Allocations committee for the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Her writing has been published in the Jewish Press, Binah and Ami magazines and her art has been displayed in the Var Gallery in Milwaukee. Yoni has spent hundreds of hours taking classes and being coached in contemporary teaching techniques and is passionate about helping students thrive and supporting teachers to bring their best selves to their classrooms. In February 2017, the Milwaukee Jewish Federation awarded her the Gil Incentive for Teachers for her Parsha Art Journal Project. She lives with her family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and can be reached at yonischlussel@gmail.com