In this episode, our guest is Francesca Hartop. She is an award-winning entrepreneur who is the founder and executive director of Portsmouth STEM Academy, a private non-profit STEM academy licensed by the State of Ohio. She is a board member of Shawnee State University and the State of Ohio's 3rd Frontier Board. As Shai Reshef (episode 17) is the pioneer in reforming higher education, she is one of the pioneers of alternative secondary education.