Gavin Wood has been a STEM educator for 19 years and holds a Masters in Education. His focus on engineering for social good, design-thinking, and developing an ecosystem of innovation with his students has earned him numerous recognitions, including the FIRST Robotics Woodie Flowers Finalist Award, the ITEEA Teacher Excellence Award, and the Lawrence W. Prakken Professional Cooperation Award. Wood and his wife, Andrea, founded Iterate Innovations LLC in 2019 to help create innovative STEM education curriculum, such as REACH Challenge, and provide educational consulting services.