Geeta Verma is a professor of science education at the University of Colorado Denver. She has founded an online platform, LivedX, that accredits students’ lived and learned experiences into essential life skills credentials. This enables youth to succeed in educational and workforce opportunities. As an academic, her research interests focus on (in) equity issues in science education and she focuses on creating equitable, imaginative, and innovative Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) learning environments. Professor Verma serves as the co- Editor in Chief for the Journal of Science Teacher Education Science Teaching serves on the editorial board of multiple academic journals.