Hailing from Southern California, “Sociologist turned Technologist,” Dee Lanier is a passionate and energetic educator and learner with over a decade of instructional experience on the K-12 and collegiate level. Dee holds Undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Sociology with special interests in education, race-relations, and inequality. From 2007-2012 Dee served at Crossroads Charter HS as a full-time Vocational Studies teacher, Testing Coordinator and Title I Director. From 2012-2014 Dee also served as the Technology Catalyst for the Lower School at Trinity Episcopal School before becoming the Executive Director of UNCOMMEN in 2014. Dee served on the board of Charlotte Lab School from 2013-2014 and is currently a STEM Specialist at Charlotte Lab School in Charlotte, NC.