Deacons
Heather Curl
Deacon
Heather Curl is a 29 year old from Portland, Oregon who moved to Philadelphia for college in 1999. She has been a member of Broad Street Ministry since 2004 and has volunteered at the 315 Cafe since it opened. She is currently an Ed.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, and the research assistant and alumni coordinator for the Mid Career Doctoral Program. She also teaches the year-long senior capstone experience for students completing teacher certification at Bryn Mawr College, and will teach the introductory course to the field of education at Bryn Mawr College next year as well. Heather has taught English and social studies in a number of K-12 educational institutions and served as a mentor for first year Teach for America teachers. In addition, she has prepared Bryn Mawr and Haverford students interested in pursuing careers in education to teach in a non-profit summer program for high school students from Philadelphia. Her primary research interests include the intersection between social class stratification and education, upward mobility and whiteness studies.
She is also interested in youth culture, particularly when it is used as a curricular tool for student engagement and education across international contexts. Heather holds an M.S.Ed in Teaching, Learning and Curriculum from The University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. in History along with Pennsylvania Teacher Certification in English and Social Studies from Haverford College. She is very close to her family who lives in Oregon and Washington, particularly her sister and her five nephews and nieces, and goes home to see them whenever she can!
Cassandra Ulrich
Deacon
Cassandra has been married for fourteen years to her husband Ernest, and they currently live in Collingswood, New Jersey. She works as a Software Engineer and aids Ernest in homeschooling their two boys. She has been going to BSM since June ‘07 where she sings with the Motley Order Choir and helps out at Sunday night dinners whenever she can. She enjoys the Philadelphian artistic scene, including theatre, orchestra, and murals. This interest in the arts has led her to fulfill her passion for the written word by completing her first novel.
Ernest Ulrich
Deacon
Ernest has been married for fourteen years to his wife Cassandra, and they currently live in Collingswood, New Jersey. Formerly a manufacturing engineer, he is now a stay-at-home dad where he homeschools his two boys. His favorite Christian authors are C. S. Lewis and Ravi Zacharias. Coming from a background of churches where he believes they wrongly put tradition at a higher priority than the scriptures, he prefers to now focus on the core principles of the Christian faith rather than on unnecessary practices. He has been going to BSM since June ‘07 and likes helping out in a variety of ways, including serving meals, volunteering at the café, and updating the website. Ernest is also very much into the Philly music scene, and can be seen rockin’ out at various local music venues.
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