Monica Iken
Monica was born, raised and currently resides in New York City where she graduated with a degree in education from Hunter College in 1995 and was a schoolteacher for several years in the New York public school system. It was also here that she met, and lost, her husband Michael Patrick Iken a bond broker on the 84th floor of Tower Two, in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Iken channeled her grief into establishing September's Mission, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization devoted to building a positive and meaningful legacy out of the events surrounding 9/11. As a leading voice for the families of the victims killed on September 11 Iken is a frequent speaker at civic alliance meetings, regional planning gatherings and other symposiums dedicated to the memorial process.
As a result of her charitable contributions Monica was made an active Board Member of the National September 11th Memorial & Museum.