Dixie Ching is a doctoral candidate in the Educational Communication and Technology program at New York University and leads the Youth Trajectories & Pathways Study for the Hive Research Lab, a research-practice partnership between Mozilla Hive NYC Learning Network, Indiana University, and New York University. Formerly trained as a cell biologist, Dixie has dedicated her career to helping people see the relevance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to their lives and in developing a better informed public through STEM literacy. She was previously at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, where she oversaw the Center’s research projects and Fellows program and edited the Center’s publications. She has a B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in Science Journalism from Boston University, which she attended on a GenCorp Foundation scholarship. You can follow her at @dixie_nyu

Dixie Ching, New York University | Email: dixieching@gmail.com | Twitter: @dixie_nyu