Dr. Weiss is a NASA STEM Engagement & Educator Professional Development Collaborative  (EPDC) Specialist at NASA’s Langley Research Center. In a quest to fulfill a lifelong dream of  flying in space, Dr. Weiss originally trained as a neuroscientist, including research work at the  U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. For the past 23  years, she has merged her scientific training with her passion for education as a middle school,  high school, and undergraduate science educator. Since 2010, Dr. Weiss has also contributed to  various NASA STEM Engagement (Education) projects, including the NASA Educators Online  Network (NEON), NASA/NSTA Teacher Learning Journeys (TLJ), and NASA’s Aerospace  Education Services Project (AESP).