Dr. Nikki Barratt is an accomplished educator with over 30 years of teaching experience in schools around the world in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and in several US states: California, Florida, New York, and Connecticut. She has taught in IB, AP, middle school, and project-based settings. In addition, she has worked for the International Baccalaureate Organization for 20 years developing assessment criteria, standardizing assessment practices, and writing curriculum. Her specialty is helping students with individual research projects that allow students to develop solutions to real-world problems. She was honored to have students compete at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Pittsburgh in 2018. In addition to teaching, she has worked as a STEM coordinator, building NGSS aligned curriculum and assessment practices K-12 in science, technology, and engineering. She is currently building a Sustainability Diploma High School program. She has been cited by Atlas for outstanding curriculum in physics and biology. She co-wrote a 2-year college certificate program in Sustainability as well as a 4-year high school curriculum in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Nikki has been campus steward and sustainability coordinator at 3 schools, putting students to work on energy reduction, biodiversity improvement, and communication projects. Nikki has higher education teaching experience in Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, Oceanography, Physical Science, Biology, and various ecology courses. Nikki earned a B.S. in Geology from the University of Delaware, an M.S. in Oceanography from Brown University, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Nikki has taught through the pandemic and serves as an Integrated Science Coach and Laboratory Learning Specialist for EduChange.