Greg Banks became a teacher to help strengthen opportunities for urban youth. In his more than 20 years in K12 education, he has served as a teacher, administrator, and researcher in public, exam, and private schools. During this time, he has contributed to school improvement efforts as department chair, teacher-leader, and as a creator of professional development. Dr. Banks completed his PhD in Chemistry while remaining in the classroom full time. His doctoral work focused on how teachers enact their beliefs in their classroom practices and the impacts of professional development on these beliefs and practices over time. He is currently working on a pilot study with Eddo Learning and the Einstein Project investigating how AI tools can help teachers adopt new science curricula more quickly and effectively. It was this work that uncovered the need to better support developers in understanding the classroom so that effective tech tools could be developed. Dr. Banks is a husband and father, and lives in the Boston area.