As the K-12 Science Senior Team Leader at Newark Charter School in Newark, Delaware, Tami Lunsford teaches AP Biology and Marine Science half time and coaches other science teachers half time. She has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science with a Biology concentration from the University of Delaware, and a Master’s Degree in Marine Science from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary. Throughout her career, she has taught at several types of high schools across the U.S., been a university and a community college professor, coordinated professional development at the University of Hawaii and the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center, run the MATE Technical Internship Program, including on UNOLS vessels around the world, and worked with NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research since 2009 on professional development related to deep ocean exploration.  She has served on the Board of Directors, including serving as President, for both the National Marine Educators Association and Mid Atlantic Marine Education Association.  Tami was also awarded the Milken Educator Award in 2017 and is the only Milken Educator ever awarded in the state of Delaware.