Our Team
We are three science teachers establishing an evergreen resource for the many educators across the world who are trying new ideas in hopes that together, we can grow a more gender-inclusive biology curriculum for the future.
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Sam Long
Sam Long is a high school science teacher in St. Vrain Valley Schools in Colorado. He is a recipient of the 2020 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching and a co-founder of the Colorado Transgender Educators Network. Sam is a first-generation Chinese-American-Canadian, a third-generation scientist, and a first-generation transgender man.
Sam writes about his work at sam-long.weebly.com and tweets from @samlong713.
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Lewis Steller
Lewis Steller is a science teacher, equity facilitator/trainer, and consultant focused on experiential, phenomenon-centered instruction. He currently teaches grades 7-12 science at the Monteverde Friends School, a bilingual Quaker school in the cloud forests of Costa Rica. Since the beginning of his teaching career, he has lived and worked around the US and the world, both in traditional classrooms and in experiential, outdoor settings.
Lewis offers training and facilitation for teachers and organizations focused on a wide range of topics. He writes about these and more on his website, fishyteaching.com.
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River X. Suh
River X. Suh (J.D., M.Ed.) is a nonbinary science teacher in San Francisco who previously worked in archaeology, law, and academic publishing.
River is committed to empowering others to find, develop, and raise their own voices. They coach and connect fellow educators to develop engaging, NGSS-aligned biology curriculum for many types of learners. Their teaching and artwork can be found at www.riversuh.com.