Temima Gezari is an artist, an educator and a humanist. She recently retired from the job she held for 62 years as the Director of Art Education for the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York. She has discovered, and actively promotes, an important approach to the development of children’s full human potential-to recognize their great innate creativity and encourage them to express it. She has dedicated her life to helping others find this creative self, while exploring the dimensions of her own spirit.