Meet your instructor
Stacy is the Founder and Lead Instructor of Lev Defense. An experienced educator with over a decade of teaching experience, Stacy specializes in helping new and nontraditional gun owners build confidence and practical skills.
Stacy's goal is to help students and the broader Jewish community develop the knowledge, confidence, and skills to keep themselves, their loved ones, and their communities safe.
What to expect in the classroom
Expect a welcoming atmosphere, a little humor, and room to think for yourself.
Stacy's life experiences inform her judgment-free approach to teaching, with particular sensitivity to the feelings that can come with deciding to learn to shoot. In small classes and private instruction, she adapts instruction to students’ individual needs.
Jewish learning traditions shape her classroom, too. Stacy draws on chevruta, or paired learning, and makes room for questions, debate, and conversation so students can engage with the material and learn from one another. The approach also reflects the importance of what Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, of blessed memory, called the dignity of difference: students coming together, learning from, and appreciating each other despite different backgrounds, politics, religious observance, and familiarity with firearms.