After graduating from the University of Virginia with a Master's Degree in Teaching, Alexa Stuart Frisbie taughtin San Francisco's public and private schools, trained teachers, created award-winning curriculum for NASAand the UC Berkeley's Bay Area Writing Project, and published articles on exemplary practices in teachingwriting, math and science. In 2009, she founded Workshop Education, an afterschool enrichment program serving thousands of Bay Area school children. Last January, Alexa lost her fight again late stage cancer and passed away shortly after this book was published.