Sara DeMartino began her career in education as a high school English language arts teacher in Hillsborough County, FL. She now works with both pre-service and in-service English language arts teachers as a fellow at the Institute for Learning (IFL). In her work at IFL, Sara provides collaborative content support for school-based PLCs and works collaboratively with educators in various school districts on research, curriculum development, and professional development. She has been a teaching fellow at the University of Pittsburgh’s graduate School of Education where she taught graduate level methods courses and has worked with researchers from the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) to study secondary students’ writing development and their use of peer review. Sara holds a bachelor’s degree in English, a master’s in English education, and a Ph.D. in language, literacy, and culture. Sara is the proud mother of two amazing children who have grown up alongside the NSI. In her spare time, Sara enjoys reading, running, and spoiling her dogs (who do not run).