I'm Gary C. Booker. I am a K-12 STEM Educator, environmental scientist, ultralight & drone aviator, space exploration advocate, and author. The views expressed here are solely my own.

Some things about Me:

• I am an advocate of early exposure to flight training using ultralights for middle school students and general aviation and/or light sport aircraft for high school students.

• I believe that food security is an under-addressed equity issue in public education. I have long provided snacks in the classroom for my students and have anecdotally observed an improvement in classroom behavior when snacks are given on a regular basis and without conditions.

• I am an avid Hang Gliding enthusiast. I first fell in love with hang gliding as a 3^rd grader after playing Track & Field II on the Nintendo Entertainment System and became determined to fly hang gliders in real life. I finally got the opportunity to do so when in April 2010 at Lookout Mountain Flight Park, where I earned my USHPA H1 & H2 Ratings. Hang gliding has become an essential item in my pedagogy toolbox. Hang Gliding is one of the most inexpensive forms of recreational aviation, making it essential to providing equitable access to recreational flight. It's revival is in the best interests of the public.

• I have devoted a great deal of focus towards using action research to device pedagogy practices that specialize in assisting K-12 students with ADHD that aspire to be professional pilots.