Michelle J. Marks has been teaching in both public and private schools for more than 20 years. She considers herself as a life long learner whose passion is to inspire tomorrow’s innovators. Michelle has a B.A. in English and Communication from the University of Delaware and a Masters Degree from Montclair State University in Educational Technology. She has taught grades kindergarten through six and has specialized in accelerated math, science, literacy and gifted education. She is also a seasoned presenter, author and professional development facilitator. In addition to her classroom endeavors Michelle is proud to have been a NASA Explorer School Educator by which she was lucky enough to have designed experiments and personally flown on the Zero-G Aircraft twice through the Teaching From Space program. She uses her NASA adventures as inspiration and as a platform to ignite students’ curiosity and thirst for learning.