Melissa Sleeper

Melissa Sleeper is a National Board-Certified Teacher who has taught in both private and public schools in Grenada, Barbados, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and the United States. She was the 2018/19 Teacher of the Year for Gifford Middle School and a district level finalist. As an active member of the National Science Teachers Association, Sleeper is a frequent presenter at national and regional conferences. She has served on a number of NSTA Committees and Advisory Boards including: The Advisory Board for Science and Children; the Preschool and Elementary Science Committee; the NSTA Special Needs Advisory Board; the Aerospace Advisory Board; and the International Advisory Board. Sleeper is also on the Board of the National Middle Level Science Teachers Association (NMLSTA) and is the Chair-elect for the Alliance of Affiliates. She was the 2017 District V Winner for the Shell Science Lab Challenge and the recipient of a 2018 Science for Society and the Public STEM Research Grant. Sleeper is also an Education Ambassador for NASA’s MAVEN program and a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador.