I managed digital distribution on this project that was honored for innovation on behalf of the greater Smithsonian Institution. Excerpt from Smithsonian.


Smithsonian Education Awards honor outstanding achievements in education by Smithsonian employees. The awards recognize creativity, excellence, and commitment to serving the nation through educational programming, exhibits, publications, and digital media.

Smithsonian Science for Global Goals received the 2018 Innovation Award for its boundary-pushing approach to helping students across the globe understand critical socio-scientific issues and how they can take action in their local communities to make a difference. The project’s inquiry-based education modules, each focusing on a complex issue such as the challenges and mitigation of mosquito-borne illness and flexibly designed to meet classroom and regional needs, promise to engage and inspire a new generation of scientifically literate global citizens. This award is shared by the Smithsonian Science for Global Goals team at the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC).

Image from the Smithsonian Institution.