Cambridge Ridley Lynch

Director of Curriculum and Lifelong Learning

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Cambridge Ridley Lynch has lived on the Upper West Side since 2010. Following her graduation from Harvard University, she worked at the Metropolitan Opera before pursuing her advanced degree in History at CUNY Graduate Center. Her career as a history educator has spanned university classrooms, museum spaces, and middle-school hallways. In 2024 she graduated with a Master of Education degree in Independent School Leadership from the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College.

Cambridge is responsible for the strategy and implementation of educational offerings for all ages at West End. She endeavors to give shape to an expansive understanding of what education is (and can be) in a vibrant urban community that is diverse in its beliefs, values, and needs. Cambridge is excited about the strategic challenge of knitting community together in a seemingly fractured world, and feels lucky to be able to build on the ineffable “next-door” quality that makes West End Church such a special corner of the Upper West Side!