Gina Wickstead has been a Language Arts and Social Studies teacher for 18 years and a teacher coach/mentor for 5 years. She received an undergraduate degree from The Evergreen State College, a Master’s in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University, a Masters in Education from University of Washington and a Masters in Educational Leadership from High Tech High’s Graduate School of Education. She has received a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certificate, wrote curriculum for Better Lesson’s Website and has led professional development about Project Based Learning. She began her career in Seattle Public Schools and for the past 5 years has studied and taught Project Based Learning at High Tech Middle Media Arts.