You can't win if you don't play. True in lotto and true in teaching. A few weeks ago I became a Fund for Teachers (FFT) fellow. This means that I have been awarded a grant for travel that will further the work I am doing in my classroom. When I started talking about this with other educators, I found many that many had never heard of FFT. This summer, through my grant, I will be attending the first ever SPACE conference for educators at the Kennedy Space Center run by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation. I also recently applied to be a social media correspondant for a NASA launch (though I think maybe I need a few more followers....@sciencecimini on Insta and Twitter). I heard of the conference and social media opportunity through a NASA email and FFT from other teachers. Three years ago I became part of Math for America (MfA) as a Master Teacher. This amazing organization supports science and math teachers in NYC (and other cities throughout the US) with excellent professio