B.A. (Chemistry) Boston University, M.S. (Chemistry) Carnegie Mellon University, M.A. (Gifted and Talented Education) Northcentral University. In addition to teaching physics, chemistry, engineering, and forensics, Mrs. Damian-Marvin was a founding director of the Midcoast Academy for New and In-Service Educators, a program that trained and supported conditionally certified K-12 teachers throughout the mid-coast Maine region. She also worked with the American Geologic Association as a curriculum developer for a national environmental education program. Mrs. Damian-Marvin is a National Board Certified Teacher, was awarded the 1999 Presidential Award for Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching, was a 2001 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow Finalist, and won the 2011 Yale-Lynn Hall Teacher Action Research Prize.