leading a team of 250 educators and 8 education specialists spread across 26 schools in developing curricula and delivering free afterschool STEM, Literacy, Leadership, the Arts, and Health/Wellness programs to over 3,000 kids every day. In the realm of higher education, Rob was a former adjunct professor at PACE University, where he taught the graduate-level Interdisciplinary Science Methods course and he is currently working towards his Ph.D. in Teacher Education and Learning Science, with an emphasis on game-based elementary STEM education. Rob has included his innovative programs and methods in a number of proposals and to date, grant awards for delivering free education services are in excess of 6 million dollars (and counting). STEM Passport, now a 501c3, partners with other non-profits to offer students opportunities they might not ordinarily have access to. Camp Wabenaki, a non-profit, private 30-acre lakeside campsite in Harriman State Park, is an example. To date, Rob’s team has worked to send over 1,000 students from underserved communities in Queens, NY to the camp, 100% free of charge. Lucas’s Fitness Lab is a premier partner. This is a 12,000-square-foot maker space where artists, engineers, and makers are part of community-based residency programs. To date, Lucas’s has provided STEM and engineering kits and in-house educational programming to approximately 5,000 kids. These programs are centered around helping kids learn to create and use the tools they need to support “brain and body fitness” and to build a better future for themselves.