Zan Alhadeff is a Core Semikha student at Yeshivat Maharat. She grew up in Portland, Oregon, and had a career as an urban planning consultant in Seattle and Silver Spring, MD. She has learned Torah at Hadar and Drisha and is a graduate of Maharat's Beit Midrash Program. Zan has taught Hebrew school and has had education internships at local Jewish day schools. Zan was also the Assistant Director of Drisha's Dr Beth Samuels High School Summer Program. Zan lives in Riverdale, NYC with her family.