Nina Simon has been a NASA engi­neer, slam poet, mys­tery game design­er, muse­um direc­tor, and glob­al non­prof­it founder. She is an Ashoka fel­low and the founder of OF/BY/FOR ALL, a glob­al non­prof­it. Her work has been fea­tured in The Wall Street Jour­nal, The New York Times, NPR, and on the TEDx stage. Born and raised in Los Ange­les, CA, Nina now resides in the San­ta Cruz mountains.