Giannina wants to give her students the confidence to trust their own abilities and help them understand that learning is a life-long process which goes beyond a grade on a paper. She’s worked as a college level Teaching Assistant for for several years and with a middle school after school science program. She has a Bachelor’s in Astronomy and Planetary Sciences from Villanova University with a minor in Communication and Physics, and a Master’s of Astronomy from the University of Maryland. She loves the performing arts and is a dancer, singer, and actor.