Nakita Vanbiene

Nakita VanBiene is a dedicated educator and program officer with extensive experience in science and teacher education. Currently serving as a Program Officer at Math for America since October 2022 and holding a position as a Specialist in Teacher Education at the American Museum of Natural History since September 2019, Nakita's career includes roles as an Earth Science Teacher and Science Department Instructional Lead at the Urban Assembly Institute of Math And Science for Young Women and at Hudson High School of Learning Technologies. Previous positions encompass teaching assistant roles at Williams College and various internships that showcase significant contributions to educational initiatives. Nakita holds a Master of Arts in Teaching with a focus on Earth Science from the Richard Gilder Graduate School and a Bachelor of Arts in Geosciences from Williams College.