Meet your facilitator

Lizzie is Keshet’s Greater Boston Youth Engagement Manager based in Cambridge, MA. Lizzie brings extensive experience leading affinity spaces for queer, transgender, and non-binary teenagers and studied gender identity development at Tufts University. In this role at Keshet, Lizzie aims to create teen-led and teen-facilitated programs. They love to hike, play guitar, and learn! If you have an idea for a program or want to talk about whatever is on your mind, please reach out for a 1:1! 

Schedule a chat with Lizzie: [email protected]

Meet your facilitator

Issac grew up in southern Indiana and spent a lot of his time during high school doing youth advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and for LGBTQ+ youth’s rights in schools across the state. Since then, that passion has not gone anywhere and he is excited to bring those experiences to his work with Keshet as their Midwest Youth Engagement Manager. He works with LGBTQ+ Jewish youth across the Midwest hosting inclusive immersive experiences where youth can be their full selves and developing their leadership skills.

Prior to working with Keshet, Issac worked with various non-profits in Chicago, organizing for seniors’ rights and economic justice in the city. Currently, he is a member of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and its sister organization JCUA Votes. Issac graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Game Art and double minored in Women, Gender and Sex Studies & Animation. He is currently pursuing a Master’s of Public Health from the University of Illinois Chicago. He lives in Chicago and likes to spend his free time playing games with friends. He hopes to write and publish his own comic book series one day.

Grab coffee with Issac: [email protected]

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Elie grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is now a student at Barnard College and the Jewish Theological Seminary studying Religion and Talmud. They are an active member in their collegiate Jewish community and also direct the Columbia University Klezmer Band. They are passionate about accessibility to Jewish spaces for LGBTQ+ youth as well as mental health awareness in the intersection between the LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities. Elie is thrilled to be bringing these passions and background in religious and Jewish studies to their work as the New York City Youth Engagement Intern.

Grab coffee with Elie: [email protected]

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Tracey is Keshet’s Florida Education & Training Manager. In that role she works with Jewish organizations across the state to ensure that LGBTQ+ Jews and their family members feel a sense of belonging in Jewish spaces. Prior to working at Keshet, Tracey was a high school English teacher. She missed working with teens so much that she helped to launch the Palm Beach Queer Jewish Youth Alliance and is now working to duplicate that program in Broward County.  Tracey wants to help create spaces where each of us can show up as our full, authentic selves.  Snacks always help too!