As some of you know, my concerns about Spence's direction led me to resign from my position as an Annual Fund co-chair in 2018.
Over the last several years my husband and I have grown increasingly concerned about certain trends at Spence, including what we believe is a de-emphasis of academic rigor and a single-minded focus on race, diversity and inclusion that is now driving the School and everything that goes on within its walls. I was so proud to be able to give her a Spence education and thought it was the most important and lasting gift I would ever give her. When our daughter was accepted to Spence, I wept. It was also like a job in the sense of the expectations the School put on me in terms of being available and responsive to its needs.Ä«etween 2012 and yesterday, I was also a Spence parent. For many years, Spence was at the forefront of our family's philanthropic activity and was essentially a second job for me in terms of the hours, effort and work that I put into raising money for the school. I have given thousands of hours and significant amounts of money to Spence. I served on the Board of Trustees for 8 years, have served on the Alumnae Board for well over a decade, co-chaired the Alumnae portion of a record-breaking Capital Campaign, served for many years as Annual Fund Co-Chair, and received the Distinguished Alumna Award in 2014. For more than 25 years I was one of the Spence's most involved alums.
I am Cuban-American and was born to parents who arrived in this country 9 years before I was born so I am truly "first gen" in every sense of the word.
I attended Spence from 8th grade through 12th, graduating with the Class of 1989. I am writing to you as Board Members, administrators, faculty members and fellow parents who know me personally and know my past involvement at Spence.
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Andrew Toth/Getty Read the full letter sent to Spence School by Gabriela Baron below Gabriela Baron wrote a letter decrying a teacher at the Spence School's decision to show an episode of "Ziwe" starring Ziwe Fumudoh-pictured here at the Vulture Festival Comedy Show in May 2018-that focused on white women.