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Sally Grazi-Shatzkes – 2019 Award Recipient
Sally Grazi-Shatzkes is a Registered Drama Therapist, Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Theater Director at Yeshivah of Flatbush in Brooklyn, NY. At the Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School, Grazi-Shatzkes is the lead drama therapist in the Witness Theater program, which she facilitates by utilizing a guided drama therapy process through which group members explore issues of war, loss, and trauma, allowing participants to also form deep and meaningful relationships that dissolve the barriers between generations. She is also the designer and facilitator of two original curricula for younger students (grades 1-3) at the Yeshivah of Flatbush Elementary School, which both focus on social and emotional awareness and character development. Beyond Flatbush, Grazi-Shatzkes teaches weekly Shabbat classes at Congregation Bnei Yitzhak about Torah, Mussar, and other Jewish topics to girls ages 5-13, and during the summer, she serves as the Head of the Drama Department at Camp Morasha, a modern Orthodox residential summer camp in Lakewood, Pennsylvania.