Carol Reese is a veteran classroom teacher and campus coordinator for the Gifted and Talented Program in the Eanes Independent School District in Austin, Texas. Her areas of leadership include sponsoring Model UN, the Future City Engineering Program, the Student Stock Tournament, and serving as district coordinator and regional board member for the Destination Imagination International Creative Problem Solving Organization. She also serves as the lead mentor for TEDxYouth@Austin for secondary level students. Carol has been honored as campus Teacher of the Year, twice as regional Gifted and Talented Teacher of the Year, District Employee of the Year, Gifted and Talented Teacher of the Year for the State of Texas, and as a finalist in the State HEB Excellence in Education Awards program.