Yavilah McCoy- Extended Biographical Sketch

Yavilah Mccoy is a Teacher, Writer, Editor and Diversity Consultant. She was raised in the Flatbush and Crown Heights areas of Brooklyn, New York where she received her Yeshivah education at both Bais Rivkah and Yeshivah University High School. Mrs. McCoy holds a degree in English Education and Judaic Studies and has taught Judaic Studies, Hebrew Language and English Literature on elementary and secondary levels over the past ten years. In addition to serving the Jewish community as an educator, Yavilah has also served as a member of the board of directors for the Anti-Defamation League, Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Hadassah, Jewish Community Relations Council, and the St. Louis Jewish Light. Yavilah is a trained facilitator for the Anti Defamation League’s “A World of Difference” Program, NCCJ’s Dismantling Racism Institute and the National Coalition Building Institute of Washington, DC. She is currently the founder and director of AYECHA, a national, not-for-profit, whose mission is to provide training and educational resources that build greater sensitivity toward difference in the Jewish community. Yavilah is married to Dr. Pinchas McCoy and resides in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband and three children, Atarah Yocheved, Yair Moshe, and Yonatan Nechemya.

Yavilah McCoy- Abbreviated Biographical Sketch

Yavilah McCoy is the founder and director of the AYECHA Resource Organization, a New York based, national not-for-profit, whose mission is to provide training and educational resources for building greater sensitivity toward difference in the Jewish community. Yavilah has a background in both Jewish Education and Corporate Diversity Consulting and currently resides in St. Louis, MO with her husband and three children Dr. Pinchas McCoy, Atarah Yocheved, Yair Moshe, and Yonatan Nechemya.

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