Maui Preparatory Academy educator Carrie DeMott has been teaching Science for almost two decades in private, public, independent, and international schools. She has facilitated the introduction and implementation of many STEM programs here in HI including heading the first Science Olympiad team on Maui, creating a field study program on volcanism and the Hawaiian Islands with Dr. Julia Hammer at UH Manoa, and developing community based environmental education opportunities for her students. She believes strongly that students learn by doing and Maui is the place to do it.