Cindy Stansbury

Cindy Stansbury has been in the field of early childhood education since 2016, working as a classroom teacher at the J Los Angeles Early Childhood Center before becoming their Assistant Director in 2022. Cindy has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in political science from Temple University and recently completed her master’s degree in early childhood education from American Jewish University. In her role as the Assistant Director, Cindy, and her team developed a new method of teaching called the Making Mensches teaching framework, which puts justice and inclusivity at the core of everything they do. In addition to her work at the J, Cindy, via the company that she co-founded, Teeny Tiny Translations, has developed various professional development programs for early childhood educators that focus on giving young children the tools to create a kinder world. Cindy discovered her passion for teaching children how to be changemakers while working as a journalist in Philadelphia and Atlantic City in 2015. While writing stories about education, she fell in love with the classroom and never left.