After teaching English in NYC public schools, Joyce Gold moved to the computer field and became a systems analyst. While working at the Federal Reserve Bank in the Financial District, she came across a 100-year old book that opened her eyes to the layers of time visible as she walked the historic streets of Lower Manhattan. Joyce first started giving weekend tours while she had full time job as a systems analyst and later as a real estate broker. But as the demand for her tours grew and her interest in pursuing Manhattan history deepened, she made the leap, starting Joyce Gold History Tours of New York and becoming one of Manhattan’s earliest independent full-time tour guides. Joyce received a B.A. in English literature from Queens College and an M.A. in Metropolitan Studies at New York University.