Emily Redding is a public speaker, and High School Math Teacher at Christiansburg High School. She has a BS in Mathematics Education from Kansas State University and a MS in Educational Leadership from Radford University. Emily has been helping students in math for the past 18 years through private tutoring and teaching in high schools in the United States and Dominican Republic. Her graduate research project examined how mindfulness could be incorporated in schools to help ease anxiety in both students and teachers. Emily uses parts of the MindUp Curriculum and resources from ClassDojo in her teaching to help students learn about their brains, their emotions, and ways to cope with anxiety and stress in the classroom setting.