Moses Ojeda

Cahn Fellow 2017

Principal, Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School

Queens, New York

Moses Ojeda was a member of the fifteenth Cahn Fellows cohort in 2017 as Principal of Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School in Queens, NY. Moses has dedicated nearly 30 years at Thomas Edison as a student, teacher, Assistant Principal and Principal. Currently, the school offers 12 CTE programs, the latest Medical Assisting program as the only one of its kind in NYC. Under his leadership, Thomas Edison will be serving as a Learning Partner host school for CTE in 2017-18. Moses currently serves as a CSA Executive Board member, the educational representative of the Jamaica Now Initiative and is part of the NYSED School Principal Preparation Project Study. He is a graduate of NYC College of Technology (B.S in CTE) and Adelphi University (M.S in Educational Leadership and Technology). Moses serves as a Cahn Fellows Alumni Advisor and is also a member of the Cahn Fellows Board of Directors. In 2021 he was a recipient of an Ernest Logan Unionists of the Year Award.

Moses' school has been featured in several media releases:

2/9/2022 NYC students learn about renewable energy through school rooftop solar panel installations, Daily News, Michael Elsen-Rooney

3/17/2022 Queens high school is one of 12 in U.S. teaching about cybersecurity and the military, Chalkbeat, New York, Reema Amin

5/5/2022 Students design, build and install solar panels in program at NYC high school, Eyewitness News ABC 7, Brittany Bell

6/30/2022 Laurene Powell Jobs’ XQ is backing 2 new NYC high schools, Chalkbeat New York, Alex Zimmerman