Tanya Baronti

Tanya Baronti recently joined Carlow University’s Education Department as the Clinical and Coaching Coordinator supporting student teaching placements and the apprenticeship program in addition to teaching. Tanya has a long career serving children and families through social services, education, and nonprofit work.

Prior to joining the Carlow team, she was the director of United for Children at the United Way of Southwestern PA, and the Digital Media and Learning Project Manager at the Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College where she was instrumental in the development of a statewide professional development institute and a statewide library lending project in addition to being a frequently invited keynote speaker and presenter regionally and nationally. Tanya also was an academic advisor and taught psychology and early childhood education courses at the Community College of Allegheny County for many years.

Tanya has a B.A. and M.Ed. from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. degree in early childhood education from the Erikson Institute in Chicago. She volunteers as a mentor for the Penn State Liberal Arts Student Mentor program. Tanya chairs the program committee and serves on the board for Jeremiah’s Place and has previously served on the board for the Gemini Children’s Theater, Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship, and The Change Machine at the Sprout Fund. Tanya’s three (now almost grown) children provide the inspiration and passion for all her work.