Janice Fenster (1945-2023)  was born and raised in the Bronx where she received her early education at a Hebrew Jewish Girl School housed at Mosholu Jewish Center. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at Queens College (CUNY) and later, a Master of Science degree in Early Childhood Education. She relocated to the Borough of Queens and the Richmond Hill neighborhood, which she called her home for most of her adult life and served as a New York City public school teacher until her retirement. She specialized in early childhood education with emphasis on special education and later served as a resource room teacher at a local high school. She served as Vice President of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers, as well as the Jewish Teachers Association, was very involved with the Annual Queens Purim Parades. 

She was on the Advisory Board of the Queens College Black-Jewish People-to-People Project, served on the Jewish Heritage Week Advisory Committee of the Jewish Community Relations Council and was a member of the Steering Committee of the Queens Chapter of the Jewish Teacher’s Community Chest. She served on Community Board 9, the Advisory Board of Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives at Queensborough Community College,  was vice president for the Queens Jewish Historical Society, was a member of the board of the Ladies Auxiliary for Congregation Adath Yeshurun of Kew Gardens and served as executive vice president, vice president, treasurer and president of the Queens Jewish Community Council.