Maria Royle is a native of Puerto Rico. She is dual-certified in Science and English to Speakers of Other Languages, and has taught for over 15 years. As a hearing-impaired Latina woman, she has endured many challenges, but has risen to overcome them and support her students to enjoy a passion for learning and being involved in STEAM activities. Maria has worked on numerous projects and presentations for the NASA South Carolina Space Grant Consortium, including having participated in the Great Solar Eclipse Project where she guided students in building payloads that carried sensors and cameras, and attached to high-altitude weather balloons to stream live for NASA. She has also participated in guiding her all female team of students to build CubeSats for Virginia Space and North Carolina Space Grant, and launch those CubeSats into orbit carrying specialized sensors. In 2021, Maria was accepted into the NASA Intern Program with the NASA Langley Research Center. During her internship, she helped adapt the Data Literacy Cube Guide for the My NASA Data project. In making these adaptations, she supported scientists and educators in the understanding of how to make learning accessible to everyone.