Dr. Saundra Johnson Austin has dedicated her career to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging of students and professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. Her research is grounded in the effective implementation of STEM curricula in urban middle schools. Dr. Johnson Austin began her career at Bechtel Power Corporation as a cost engineer. She has held leadership positions in the secondary, post-secondary, non-profit, industry, engineering public policy, and community development sectors. Dr. Johnson received the 1998 National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Inaugural Golden Torch Award for Minority Engineering Program Director of the Year and the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Administrators (NAMEPA) Outstanding Contribution by a Minority Engineering Program Administrator Award, and the 2015 Outstanding Engineering Alumnus for Civil and Environmental Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. She is a member of the U.S. White House endorsed initiative Algebra by 7th Grade since 2014, the commission for diversity, equity and inclusion to the American Society of Engineering Education Minority Division (ASEE MIND), the Smithsonian Science Education Center’s Advisory Committee for ‘Zero Barriers in STEM Education,’ the editorial review board for the Caribbean Educational Research Journal (CERJ), and treasurer for the Northeast STEM Starter Academy of Mount Vernon, NY. She is currently the AAUW Florida secretary, the past president for AAUW Tampa, Inc., and the 2004-2005 AAUW Selected Professions Fellow. She earned a BS in Civil Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University State, an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, and Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California.