Taryn Delaney

     Mrs. Delaney's mission is to inspire a generation of leaders who will be stewards of our collective environmental, social, and economic well-being.  She believes in educating her students to overcome personal and professional challenges using current research in the fields of behavioral and developmental psychology, business communications, finance, nutrition science, food systems and materials science.

     She began her career at the US Naval Academy, where she was the goalie for the women's lacrosse team. After graduating with a BS in Systems Engineering, she was commissioned as Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy. She served for five years aboard the USS Fletcher and USS Princeton; first overseeing the anti-aircraft missile systems, and then overseeing all shipboard training.  After the Navy, she studied Neuroscience at New York University, where she researched how the human brain processes information from our eyes.

     She was chosen as a New York City Teaching Fellow and received a full scholarship to get her Masters Degree in education from Pace University. She taught math at The Bronx Academy of Letters, an Urban Assembly high school in the South Bronx. In 2007, she joined Mamaroneck High School in 2007 to bring great tidings of quadrilaterals and parabolas in Geometry and Algebra.

     Mrs. Delaney was drawn to Family and Consumer Science in many ways.   Her background in leadership and character education would help educate tomorrow's business leaders.  Her background in psychology and neuroscience gave her great insight into child development.  Her training in sewing and textiles prepared her to teach courses in apparel construction.  Her training in circuits fostered her interest in wearable tech.  Her passion for cooking incredible, responsibly sourced foods is driven by a deeper concern about the role of the food industry in climate change.  Her goal is to foster self-sufficient adults who are armed with the knowledge to make better decisions in and contributions to the world around them.