Karla Paredes Aguilar (She/Her/Ella) is a junior studying Astronomy with a minor in Educational Psychology at the UA. Originally from Honduras, Karla is a student leader and returning mentor with the Imagine Your STEM Future program as well as an instructional specialist for the Mt. Lemmon. Karla is passionate about education motivation and diversifying STEM fields. She hopes to continue her academic path into a PhD program and work on being a Science Educator to promote STEM in ways that are fun and engaging for everyone. Even though her experiences heavily focus on educational research, it is equally important to her to connect with the local community to empower underrepresented students to pursue their STEM dreams. These experiences and more have provided Karla with the opportunity to work closely with local youth and provided her with unique learning and teaching experiences!