NJ Aspiring Educators President

Bianca Nicolescu (she/her) is a rising senior at The College of New Jersey, studying Secondary Mathematics Education as well as Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She enjoys exploring the intersectionality of gender, race, culture, class, and sexuality in our society and education system.

After she attains her master’s degree, Bianca aspires to teach high school math, where she hopes to foster her students’ love for mathematics and show them how the content they learn in school, no matter how complex, is applicable and relevant to their daily lives. She also strives to pursue a doctoral degree program in hopes of becoming a college professor and teaching the next generation of aspiring math educators.

During her first year in Preservice, she served as the Diversity and Justice Co-Chair for the state leadership team. This position allowed her to work alongside an inspiring group of individuals, especially through her participation in the Human and Civil Rights Committee and the Minority Leadership and Recruitment Committee. As an ally for underrepresented teachers, she is a strong advocate for the retention of minority educators and having more diverse teacher representation in schools.

Bianca has also served as a member of the National Education Association Aspiring Educators (AE) Advisory Committee. She helped create policies that bridge the gap between AE and Early Career members, and plan professional development workshops for the AE Conference. 

Last year, Bianca also served as the NJEA Preservice Secretary, where she was delighted to launch the Preservice Podsquad Podcast with Chelsea Berwick and maintain open communication with Preservice members through her monthly newsletters. She remains excited to continue the podcast with her amazing co-host and finding new ways to reach all Preservice members. 

Now stepping into the role of President of NJEA Preservice, Bianca is excited to lead new initiatives that increase active members’ engagement, support BIPOC and underrepresented educators, and encourage more Preservice members to publish articles for the Review magazine. She looks forward to contributing her optimistic, open-minded, and activist personality to help implement positive change.

Aside from her role with NJEA Preservice, Bianca enjoys playing solo piano as well as the double bass in the orchestra. Music is a large part of Bianca’s identity; with every piece that she prepares, Bianca truly loves to transform classical music pieces into an interesting musical narrative. She strives to continue her piano and double bass studies beyond college and further use music as a way to connect with her community.