The PI and her students are actively involved in educational and outreach activities, including hosting visiting students, mentoring undergraduate researchers in the laboratories, and leading polymer-based outreach activities at several local venues.  Notably, a Science Night organized by the PI and her research group at a local elementary school in collaboration with two of the elementary school teachers brought together researchers across multiple disciplines at Texas A&M University and local companies to provide ca. 15 engaging science and engineering activities that were enjoyed by hundreds of students and their families in April 2017. In July 2017, the PI and seven of her research group members ran a week-long Nanotechnology Youth Adventure Program for thirteen middle-to-high school students, four of whom are from underrepresented groups.  During 2016-2017, the PI also served as an advisor to the inaugural postdoctoral association of chemistry at Texas A&M, contributed to the 2016 NSF Workshop Report “Frontiers in Polymer Science and Engineering”, and organized several symposia.