Leesa Hubbard is a teacher from Wilson County Tennessee, and has been teaching for 34 years. During the 2002-2003 school year, she was awarded the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship, where she worked for a year at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. While at Headquarters, she had the opportunity to work with the Educator Astronaut Program. Later, Mrs. Hubbard was on loan from Wilson County to Sally Ride Science as their Teacher in Residence. There she created and implemented professional development for STS-118 Educator Institutes, as well as NASA's GRAIL mission to the Moon. Hubbard has been the recipient of several awards, including the Cheri Brindley Space Educator Award and the Exceptional Public Service Medal from Marshall Space Flight Center. She enjoys using aerospace across the curriculum to motivate students of all ages and abilities.