Shawna Christenson

Educator/Teacher, Policy maker, Project manager, Startup

Ms. Christenson is a graduate of the University of Central Florida (BS, Secondary English Education) and Florida Atlantic University (MS, Curriculum and Instruction). She is a Florida certified English teacher (grades 6-12) and holds endorsements in Gifted, Reading and ESOL. Ms. Christenson has nineteen years' experience with a focus on English, Public Speaking, and Debate. She is currently the president of the Palm Beach Middle School Forensic League and is a nationally recognized Diamond coach. Her current passion is public policy, taking debate outside the classroom and into the real world by participating in legislative blitzes as well as working with students on resolutions at the state and national level. Additionally, she is the founder of Aerospace Public Policy Institute, which seeks to educate, communicate, advocate, and legislate on behalf of space policy. Recently, she was elected as K-12 STEM education liaison for the local chapter of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

helping students become passionate, poised, and confident speakers in a variety of venues. I particularly enjoy helping students understand how the legislative process works.

Aerospace Public Policy, English, Middle and High School Debate