Maria Pecoraro

Maria brought twenty years' experience as a teacher of the gifted and special educator to Jeopardy! Originally from New Jersey, Maria earned her BA in English from Fordham University and her JD from Villanova University School of Law and later earned an MA in Education from New Jersey City University. She became a special educator at a public secondary school in Southeastern Pennsylvania (Red Land High School). Maria also supported her students as a BrainBuster Team Advisor and was recently able to put that experience to use as a contestant on the TV game show Jeopardy!