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VINNY VOLTAGE

BIO

-GRADUATED FROM THE CITY COLLEGE IN 1980
-WENT TO BOCES FOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY GRADUATED IN 1982
-WORKED AT REILLY VIDEO IN NEW YORK CITY AS AN ELECTRONIC TECH/ENGINEER FROM 1982-1984
-WORKED AT C&F MERCHANDISING AS AN ELECTRONIC VIDEO/AUDIO ENGINEER FROM 1984-1988
-I BECAME A FREELANCE AUTHOR FOR POPULAR ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, SIX ARTICLES OF MINE WERE PUBLISHED AND SOME MADE THE FRONT COVER OF THE MAGAZINE.
-IN 1988 I BECOME A NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL TEACHER AT SAMUEL GOMPERS HIGH SCHOOL IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK.
-IN 1990 I STARTED WORKING FOR  THE MTA NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT WHERE I WAS HIRED AS AN ELCTRONIC EQUIPMENT MAINTAINER.
-IN 1994 THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE MTA CONTACTED ME, SINCE THEY KNEW THAT I WAS A TEACHER AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC [CHILDREN  IN PARTICULAR],ABOUT THE INNER TECHNICAL WORKINGS OF THE MTA.
- I THEN STARTED A PROGRAM CALLED THE MTA VINNY VOLTAGE SCIENCE SHOW
-THE PROGRAM WAS AT THE NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM, WHERE I DID THE SCIENCE SHOW FOR ALL THE SCHOOL CHILDREN AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS,I WAS AT THE TRANSIT MUSEUM FROM 1994 TO 1999.
-IN 1999 I DEVELOPED THE MTA VINNY VOLTAGE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM, IN WHICH I WENT TO SCHOOLS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND HOMELESS SHELTERS TO PERFORM MY SCIENCE SHOW FROM 1999 TO 2007.
-IN 2007 DUE TO BUDGET CUTS MTA NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT STOPPED THE MTA VINNY VOLTAGE SCIENCE SHOW AND I RETURNED TO MY ELECTRONICS JOB AT THE MTA.
-LATE 2007 I RESTARTED AS MY OWN BUSINESS THE VINNY VOLTAGE SCIENCE SHOW-WITHOUT THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE MTA.
-I AM NOW A VENDOR FOR THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
- THANKS TO GREAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT I HAVE BEEN DOING MANY SHOW FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT,NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC LIRARIES, HOMELESS SHELTERS,AFTER SCHOOLS PROGRAMS,SUMMER CAMPS,AND COMMUMITY CENTERS.

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LOCATIONS VINNY VOLTAGE HAS WORKED WITH

POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE                                                                     JACKSON FAMILY RESIDENCE
CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY                                                                      SAMON & BUILD CENTER
NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                                          COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS
NYC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS                                                                  CHILDRENS ARTS AND SCIENCE
SPRING CREEK AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM                                               MARY McDOWELL LEARNING CENTER
MT.HOPE HOUSING CENTER                                                                    THE GIRL SCOUTS
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY                                                                   THE BOYS CLUB OF AMERICA
THE ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE                                                 NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE
CITIZEN ADVISE BUREAU                                                                       UNITED STATES ARMY
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD                                                              THE CUB SCOUTS
THE NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM                                                           NEW LIFE TABERNACLE CHRUCH
CAMP HOMEWARD BOUND                                                                      NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT
ICAHN HOUSE                                                                                       CLOWN MAGIC
VICTORIA GARDENS                                                                             KEW FORREST SCHOOL
WORLD OF DISCOVERY DAY CAMP                                                         FAO  SCHWARTZ