As a biologist and neuroscientist studying at Wesleyan University, Emily Berman’s thesis focused on how women with affective disorders make decisions and take risks. Emily also spent time doing ecology and conservation fieldwork in Ecuador, specifically around the impacts of environmental education. Emily has been a teacher since 2014, teaching high school biology and chemistry for the past 3 years, and before that, a year teaching middle school chemistry and physics. She is currently a teacher at Blackstone Academy Charter School in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.