Maree Martinez fell in love with Shakespeare at ten, then thought she might be a historical consultant on films, before deciding to leave her PhD program at Cambridge because what she really wanted to do was teach. After teaching history at a middle school, she moved with her family to Toronto, where she noticed signs of the city's film production as she explored with her son. She wondered who taught the kids on those sets, and soon enough, she was. 

High school astronomy teacher Danielle Miller always knew she wanted to be a teacher, and always loved space- she went to space camp as a teenager and an adult.  Today, she brings space alive in the classroom through a focus on current events and “learning together,” and constantly looks for ways to get hands-on experience with robotics, NASA, and astronomy.

Growing up, Lizy Dastin wanted to be a teacher and an author. Today, she teaches art history, and is still a storyteller. Lizy doesn't tell stories by writing fiction, like she did as a teenager, though. She shares the stories of street art and street artists in Los Angeles through her business, Art and Seeking.

Stephanie Jass is a history professor, 7 time Jeopardy! champion, and cabaret performer. She tells us about the fun of being a mathlete and an athlete, how she fell in love with history, and asking for what you want.

Art history professor Beth Merfish always loved biographies and visual learning and found a way to combine them in the visual language of art. She tells us how summer camp was a chance to try one a new self, how she uses political activism to give everyone a voice, and how exciting it was when she got her PhD and her professors became her peers.

Amanda Watson grew up wanting to wanting to leave Mississippi behind. After majoring in music education and graduating from law school (and teaching all the while), she realized that she really enjoyed research and fact-finding. Thinking back to a student job at the Ole Miss law library, she became a law librarian. Today, she happily lives with her son and her partner in New Orleans as the Associate Director of the Tulane University School of Law Library.