Nancy Parra-Quinlan is a seventh- and eighth-grade STEM/CTE (career and technical education) teacher at Kino Junior High School in Mesa, Arizona. She teachers robotics, engineering, flight and space as well as a medical detectives course. Parra-Quinlan received her Bachelor of Science in Elementary education and her Master of Education at Northern Arizona University. She has taught in Arizona for 27 years. Parra-Quinlan is the coach of her school’s Lego League Robotics team and the sponsor of its STEM Club (known as SIMI: the STEM Institute for Manufacturing and Innovation). She also is director of the Mesa Public Schools’ summer Aerospace Academy. Parra-Quinlan holds the rank of captain in the Civil Air Patrol, where she volunteers as the statewide Assistant Director of Aerospace Education. As a volunteer, she also serves as the Aerospace Education Officer with the 305th Squadron at Falcon Field in Mesa.