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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
Welcome to TNH’s Takeover! In collaboration with The Hellenic Initiative (THI), The National Herald and THI have begun a partnership to introduce the NEXTGEN of Greek/Cypriot ‘movers and shakers’ to the rest of our Diaspora community around the world. Established to inform its readers about all things related to our homeland and its respective communities throughout the world, TNH is now providing THI’s New Leaders (40-years-old and younger), with a new platform to showcase their ideas and to engage their communities in a deeper, more meaningful way while simultaneously building a bridge to Greece and Cyprus. Our next featured New Leader is Ted Kakambouras. Get to know him below!
Ted Kakambouras
Northeastern University and Merrimack College
Houston, TX
Mitilini
Acquisitions Director
Wishing to give back and help other Greeks and Greek-Americans succeed and expand their networks
I hope to expand my network and help others enjoy THI.
I enjoy working out, golfing, and meeting new people in Houston.
My father’s village, Polichnitos in Lesvos
Horiatiki salad with pita and gyro on the side
Olive oil
I am involved with the Greek Church in Somerville, MA.
I think that Greece needs to do a better job with economic development and employment. There needs to be a dynamic shift away from relying on tourism as a significant portion of GDP.
If you are going to do something, do it right or don’t do it at all.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
Celebrating Easter and everything that goes into it.
It has given me a sense of morality, history, and family. I believe these values and others helped me to develop into the person I am today.
No one cares, work harder.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 13 people, authorities said.
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Most drowned making the hazardous sea crossing from nearby Turkey, while others died of natural causes in migrant camps on the Greek island of Lesbos.
ATHENS – Dynamic chef duo Jerome Serres and Yiannis Baxevanis unleash a season of culinary magic at Apanemi restaurant in Mykonos’ Theoxenia hotel, with their a la carte and Mediterranean degustation menus including, for the first time, a vegan haute cuisine option.
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders over a two-day summit of the special European Council will discuss economic and competitiveness issues in Ukraine, Türkiye, the Middle East and Lebanon, stated Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis upon his arrival in Brussels on Wednesday night.
NEW YORK – Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) on April 17 announced the third annual Summer for the City, welcoming New Yorkers to hundreds of free events over three months.