Carol "Chaya" Barash (born October 16, 1958 in Bellefonte, PA) is an American author, entrepreneur, and former university professor[1] at Princeton, University of Michigan, Rutgers, and Seton Hall University.
[2][3] In 2006 Barash became the first Director of Development, Alumni Relations, and Communications for Macaulay Honors College-CUNY.
[4] Barash left Macaulay to study storytelling with Murray Nossel and Narativ, developing the Moments Method® of communication, based on how stories work in the human brain to heal trauma and connect authentically with other people.
[5] In 2014 they founded Story2, raising convertible debt from TechStars, Kaplan Ventures and angel investors[6] and developing patented software to support high school and college students in the college and career process.
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