Roya was a master’s student in Comparative Media Studies at MIT and a researcher at the Teaching Systems Lab. At the lab, she worked on the INSPIRE-Math fellowship researching and implementing practice spaces into teachers’ ongoing learning and development. She also managed research efforts towards identifying opportunities around the future of math teacher professional learning. Her previous experience is in education, physics, and economics research and data analysis. She holds a B.A. in physics with a minor in education from Bowdoin College.