Monica Casillas has been a mathematics educator with the Los Angeles Unified School District for over 20 years.  She is Nationally Board Certified and holds a Masters in Math Education. The majority of Monica’s career has been in the classroom, but she has also served as an instructional math coach. Monica has been involved with the Introduction to Data Science course since its inception. She was one of the IDS pilot teachers and subsequently became an IDS facilitator. Monica currently serves as the Associate Director of Professional Development for the IDS Project through UCLA Center X.