Dan Meyer, Ph.D., taught high school math to students who didn’t like high school math. He has advocated for better math instruction on CNN, Good Morning America, Every Day With Rachael Ray, and TED.com. He earned his doctorate from Stanford University in math education and served as the former Dean of Research at Desmos, where he explored the future of math, technology, and learning. Dan is currently the Vice President of User Growth at Amplify. He’s worked with teachers internationally and in all 50 states and was named one of Tech & Learning’s 30 Leaders of the Future.

Fawn Nguyen is Director of STEM Initiatives at Amplify. Before joining our team, she was a math coach in a K–8 school district for three years, and a middle school math teacher for 30 years. She has received many accolades, including being named the 2014 Ventura County Teacher of the Year, Raytheon’s 2009 Math Teacher Hero, and the 2005 Sarah D. Barder Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. She has also been a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at math conferences nationwide. In 2012, she co-founded the Math Teacher’s Circle in Thousand Oaks, California. From 2015–2018, Fawn served as a member of NCTM’s Professional Development Services Committee.

Kelly Serpa has profoundly impacted education as a classroom teacher, professional learning specialist, and speaker for over 15 years. She recently earned her Ed.D. from the University of New England, with her research focused on asset-based pedagogies. This reflects her dedication to fostering inclusive and diverse learning spaces where every student feels included, valued, and empowered. A true champion of student-centered instruction, she passionately believes that every person is a math person. She lives in historic Swansea, Massachusetts.