Allison Davis, a kindergarten teacher at Knox Gifted Academy in Chandler, Arizona, believes that learning should be fun, activity, & hands-on. Students in her classroom see themselves as problem solvers. Allison was Arizona’s 2012 Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. In 2018 she was named Arizona Teacher of the Year Ambassador. She collaborated on a chapter in the book Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K-2 Classroom (2020) by Jo Ann Vasquez.