Mrs. Jennifer Garzia is thrilled to begin her fifth year as part of the Holy Family School community and her tenth year as an educational leader. As a Catholic school leader, her role is to support Holy Family to become the best version of itself in achieving our mission to form disciples of Jesus Christ through faith, community, service, and excellence. Mrs. Garzia believes that every student deserves the opportunity to grow and thrive.
Hailing from Minnesota, Mrs. Garzia obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education from the College of Saint Benedict and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from The College of New Jersey. Currently, she is pursuing an Educational Doctorate in Leadership for Social Justice from Loyola Marymount University. With a foundation of nine years of teaching, she developed a solid understanding of effective instructional practices. As a principal, she has led faculty through professional development focused on implementing research-based pedagogical practices in every classroom. Over her career, she has dedicated her professional life to students, teachers, and stakeholders at Catholic and international schools in the US, Brazil, and Italy. These experiences have honed her beliefs and capabilities around serving a community, strategic improvement, meaningful involvement, and a genuine focus on the heart of every school – its students.
As a Catholic school leader, she believes in serving communities through strategic planning, relationship building, data-driven decision-making, and fostering the collective capacity to engage all stakeholders in school improvement efforts. These values she supports and builds through regular communication and transparency, which provide a foundation of trust that unites a school not only in a common mission, but also as an entity that supports its individuals on their own paths to success. She is grateful to serve in Catholic school leadership as she aims to inspire closer relationships with Jesus Christ and offer her gifts to serve the students, families, faculty, and staff of the Holy Family School community.
Outside of school, you can find Jennifer spending time with her husband Stefano and little one Liam. She looks forward to continuing to further Holy Family School’s mission to inspire students to achieve academic excellence while becoming disciples of Jesus Christ and leading lives of faith, community, and service.