Tinashe Blanchet is a former high school math teacher with over 20 years of experience in mathematics education and teacher training. She has traveled around the United States to train thousands of teachers on using technology to enhance their mathematics instruction as a Google-certified Innovator and Trainer. Tinashe has built a strong reputation as a skilled communicator and tech-savvy educator and has presented at local, state, national, and international education conferences and events, including ISTE and NCTM. Author of The Freelance Educator: Practical Advice for Starting Your Educational Consulting Business, published by Routledge in 2022, Tinashe has served as a non-profit founder and director, college instructor and independent educational consultant. She is now the numeracy specialist at Texthelp, a company that creates an award-winning suite of products that helps millions of people read, write and research with confidence worldwide. Tinashe is also an Albert Hamilton Collins Fellow at Auburn University currently working towards earning her Ph.D. in mathematics education.