Rebecca Brewer

Rebecca Brewer is an award-winning biology teacher at Troy High School in Troy, MI, and an NCSE Teacher Ambassador. She has co-authored a high school biology textbook called Biology Now, trains teachers for a biotech company, and creates educational digital resources for Science Friday and PBS NewsHour Extra. In 2011, she received $27,000 for her classroom as the first-place winner of the ING (Voya) Unsung Hero Award, and in 2007, was named a member of USA Today’s All-USA Teacher Team which recognizes the top 20 educators in the United States. Brewer is the director of the National Association of Biology Teachers Outstanding Biology Teacher Award program for Michigan, and is also a past honoree.