Helen Gym is the mother of three children in the public schools and is a co-founder of Parents United. She is a frequent writer in local and national education circles and writes commentary for the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, where she was its first full-time editor. She is a former school teacher; a founder of a charter school serving many immigrant families; a board member at Asian Americans United; and serves on the editorial board of Rethinking Schools, a social justice teaching journal.
Parents United for Public Education 