Michelle Lucas is a Founder & CEO at HIGHER ORBITS FOUNDATION; VP Industry Relations uniphi space agency; President Space Inspired Solutions; Former Flight Controller for the International Space Station; Astronaut Technical Instructor at HIGHER ORBITS FOUNDATION. She possess expertise in aerospace, systems engineering, training, space systems, leadership and 34 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "I’ve worked with Michelle for the past 25 years. She was one of our best instructors for ISS operations, and was selected to be one of our specific cadre of instructors for my first space flight STS 123. She had passion, dedication, and excellence in all of our interactions when I was with NASA. She later transitioned to focus specifically on STEM education, and founded Higher Orbits, the most meaningful curriculum I have seen my entire career. Again, our paths crossed, and she continues to lead GoForLaunch workshops that actually fly winning student experiments to the ISS! More recently, I’ve asked Michelle to represent me for speaking engagements with her other job at Uniphi. She has endless energy and commitment. Absolute treasure to know and I very much appreciate her excellence." and "Michelle’s passion is contagious is a beacon for inspiring her students! She has built a comprehensive program grounded in a foundation of decades of experience. With a focus on the core tenets of leadership, communication and teamwork! The importance of application learning to inspire the next generation of engineers, scientists and explorers fuels Michelle to create robust educational experiences for each and every student engaged with the Higher Orbits “Go For Launch” curriculum! Michelle is a remarkable educator, leader, mentor, and community builder! "