About the Instructor

As an extensively trained and certified professional instructor, I serve as a mentor who guides your children through their work while also providing direction, support and encouragement. I create an at-home study plan in addition to monitoring classroom assignments, and I emphasize the importance of accurately completing each assignment within a designated time frame. This has helped many of my students increase self-confidence, thus becoming more self-reliant. Like all Kumon Instructors, I have a true passion for education and an earnest desire to help children succeed.

Hello,

I am Nilza Gines Velez, also known as Ms. Nil to my students. I love the educational field, and I enjoy watching children of all ages reach their highest potential, which is why I am here at Kumon today. My journey with Kumon began a long time ago. My own children, at one time or another, needed some form of assistance and Kumon delivered. I even had one of my three children work at Kumon as an assistant. Prior to my current location, I had worked at a different locale for the owner who was a friend, and I am happy to see that after a few years of learning and following the Kumon Method, I am now the Instructor at Croton-on-Hudson Center. I bring with me over twelve years of teaching experience with the NYC Board of Education. There, I wore many hats. I was part of the ELA Common Core pioneer program. I served as the Parent/Community liaison and I instituted a strong Reading and Math after school tutoring program for my school, which later became a district wide program. My job as a teacher was extremely successful and rewarding, but I had other passions and decided to begin a design business, which I successfully ran for over twenty years. However, my first love has always been education, and I am honored to help your children grow and succeed with what is the most successful Math and Reading Program in the USA, Japan, Canada, and the world. Kumon is a well-executed, well established educational institution in which as a community we can assist our children to succeed beyond their dreams. Hope to see you soon.

Nilza Gines Velez is a New York State certified teacher. She was a tenured teacher with over a decade of experience teaching in the counties of the Bronx, Orange, and Westchester.

Nilza has undergone the extensive and rigorous training of the worksheets of the Kumon Math and Reading Program, as necessary for certification.  She continues to further her knowledge of the Kumon Method by studying worksheets and attending workshops on an ongoing basis.