Vanessa Ford has built a 17-year career as an educator, an award-winning teacher, and an elementary STEM education expert. She is currently the director of education for a national experiential learning nonprofit organization. Ford is also one of the leading parent advocates for transgender youth and has written for the Boston Globe, Washington Post, New York Times, and Newsweek, as well as in National Geographic's Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric. Ford is on the board of the 501c3 of the National Center for Transgender Equality and lives in the Boston area with her husband and two children.