CMAP Chronicles
Stay up-to-date on the latest trends, tips, and topics with these short, informative, and fun-to-read articles written by CMAP staff & guest contributors.
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Meet Nancy Becker
Brandon Urias • Dec 11, 2025
Nancy Becker: Building Community, Changing Systems, and Leading with HeartHow a young woman from the Bronx became New Jersey’s trailblazing advocate for ethics, women’s leadership, and community impact Nancy Becker has spent decades shaping New Jersey’s civic and political life with quiet determination and unwavering ethics. Today, she brings that...
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GrandPal Bob Swierczek
Bob Swierczek, a United States Navy veteran, resides in Princeton, where he selflessly dedicates his time to various volunteer roles. He serves as a crossing...
Ella Leving • May 10, 2024
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GrandPal Sheila Von Zumbusch
Meet Sheila Von Zumbusch, an educator with decades of experience teaching preschool and kindergarten at an independent school. Now retired, Sheila has spent the last...
Ella Leving • May 06, 2024
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GrandPal Caroline Purnell
Caroline Purnell has been a GrandPal for the past two years. She is retired from teaching French, Spanish, and ESL for adults, and embodies a...
Ella Leving • Apr 25, 2024
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GrandPal Deb Pillow
Deb Pillow, originally from Michigan and with a background in teaching and storytelling, found her perfect fit in GrandPals after moving to Princeton from Arizona...
Ella Leving • Apr 22, 2024
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GrandPal Joan Kuskin
Joan Kuskin is the grandmother of five wonderful adult granddaughters, and have very much missed the experience of reading to them as young children. It...
Ella Leving • Apr 12, 2024
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GrandPal Ellen Gilbert
Ellen Gilbert is a retired librarian. She has been doing GrandPals for about a hundred-million years, and thinks it’s the bee’s knees. “Early on, Camryn...
Ella Leving • Apr 12, 2024
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GrandPal Frank
GrandPal Frank: Spreading Joy One Fist Bump at a Time In the heart of our GrandPals sessions, amid the pages turned and stories shared, there...
Ella Leving • Apr 11, 2024
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Meet Virginia
Hi, I’m Virginia, and let me share my wonderful experience at the lottery event on March 16, hosted alongside the Princeton Art Museum and Princeton...
Ana Carolina González-Peña • Mar 29, 2024
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Meet Robin Bivins
I’m Robin Bivins, a Princeton local and the sixth generation from the heart of New Jersey. Right now, I call Reading Circle home, and I’ve...
Ana Carolina González-Peña • Feb 28, 2024
