STAFF

Carey King, Director. Carey is director of Uptown Grand Central and brings a wealth of experience to the organization. A graduate of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and product of Columbia University’s School of Journalism, Carey has worked in fields ranging from community development and food access, to community news, to inclusive education — including GrowNYC, the Corbin Hill Food Project, Sesame Street, The Sylva Herald, and as a pre-K teacher through Teach For America. She has lived in Harlem for nearly two decades. Carey brings a special passion to her work, given that she lives just one block away from the East 125th Street corridor and the Uptown Grand Central community plaza. Since joining Uptown Grand Central in June 2015, has been recognized by the NYPD 25th Precinct with a Community Service Award, named by Borough President Gale Brewer as a “Manhattan Hero” and by the New York City Food Policy Center as a “Forty Under Forty Rising Star,” and selected as a Coro NY Neighborhood Leader.

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