Gail Frydkowski is the child of holocaust survivors. She has been a high school special education teacher since 2005. As an educator, she has used humane materials to help students prepare for New York State English Regents exams and for college research work. She had students sponsor orphaned chimps with In Defense of Animals. She was previously a New York Humane Education Ambassador for Best Friends Animal Society and has held their ‘I Read to Animals’ programs in venues across the city. She has been a volunteer for Best Friends, Animal Haven and Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers, helping to carry out the Caring Kids program held weekly at Animal Haven. She has run a teen animal lovers club in her school and in 2015 she will be a certified humane education specialist through the Humane Society

She is currently teaching the kids of the Animal Lovers YAP Club in Manhattan about Humane Education and animal welfare issues. 

She is the UFT Co-Chair of the Humane Education Committee; which provided workshops for teachers to bring Humane Ed into their classrooms.

Gail has a masters in Special Education, and before becoming a teacher, has worked in the medical field and traveled the world working in the airline industry. She has also worked with such organizations and rescues as The HSUS, Best Friends Animal Society, BeFreegle Foundation, and Animal Haven NY.