Lenore Gertrude Briggs

Monday, January 01, 1973

Lenore Gertrude Briggs was born in Grenada in 1928 and immigrated to the United States in 1965. As a lifelong teacher and educator, Briggs opened Mom’s Center for Early Childhood Development (Mom's) in 1973 in Brooklyn, New York. After earning her master's degree from New York University in 1986, Briggs renamed Mom's to Lefferts Gardens Montessori School, one of the first Black-owned Montessori schools in Brooklyn. Briggs was dedicated to providing affordable, accessible, and Montessori-based education to families in in the local area.