I love working in a STEM area because I see the engagement. When I was a classroom teacher, I saw how my students that had difficulty finding academic success at times excelled when I integrated technology. I saw their excitement and their interest. They weren't learning science anymore in the heads, they were working on the computer. They were completing this task that they were given and they loved it. I laugh because I often felt like a parent "hiding" vegetables in their kids meals. My babies were excelling in math and science and they didn't even realize it. All they knew was that they had a good day at school that day. They had a day where they were interested. The work was relevant, it made sense to them. I love the fact that the real-world, project-based nature of STEM, innovative and design-based thinking, it prepares students for careers beyond what we can imagine. With STEM we're creating problem solvers, we're creating critical thinkers, we are creating collaborators, we are creating students that can communicate effectively, we are creating designers. We are creating the students whose hands our future resides in and by supporting their learning and development with activities that are meaningful to them, we are equipping our society with those individuals that will lead.