Lisa Castaneda

Lisa has a Masters degree in Education and was a classroom teacher for 10 years in grades K-8. She is a Co-founder and the CEO of foundry10, a philanthropic educational research organization based in Seattle, WA that she has run for the past six years. At foundry10, she has spearheaded a range of programs, research projects and philanthropic endeavors in the arts, technology, vocational education, interventions, and professional development. For the past several years she has led larger scale VR research in classrooms across the U.S. and Canada. Her work has been featured in research journals, educator oriented conferences and press, as well as in popular press and developer conferences. The best part of her job is working with students and teachers, directly, to bring value to the learning experience.