I view my role as an educator as a facilitator of both explicit subject area knowledge and hidden curriculum, or the implicit norms and behaviors conveyed in educational contexts1. I have three goals in my teaching: (1) promote students’ agency in the construction of new knowledge through active learning, rather than exclusive direct instruction, (2) scaffold explanations and assignments in accessible ways so that all students can engage, and (3) encourage students to analyze societal implications of the knowledge they build. My teaching has been recognized by the University of Chicago Computer Science Department’s Teaching Award and a Physical Sciences Divisions Teaching Award nomination, which recognizes outstanding graduate student instructors across multiple STEM departments at UChicago.