Biography

Robyn Yewell has been an educator for more than 11 years, spending five years teaching at Winifred Harelson Elementary School, teaching all fifth-grade subjects. She also taught for six years at Marion Donaldson Elementary School, and is currently teaching gifted education at Canyon Del Oro High School in Tucson, AZ. Robyn is the treasurer of the Arizona Science Teachers Association (ASTA) and served as Ambassador for the University of Arizona's Office of Economic Education. In 2017, she was awarded the Arizona Elementary Science Teacher of the Year. She was inducted into the Northern Arizona University (NAU) College of Education Hall of Fame in 2022 and was a semifinalist for the AZ Teacher of the Year in 2023. Robyn loves to share her passion for science with others and strives to create opportunities for students that foster their natural sense of curiosity and wonder. She encourages her students to see their own world by carefully choosing phenomena that will drive student inquiry. Robyn is an Odyssey of the Mind coach and also helps to facilitate STEM Nights in Southern Arizona. She has also presented sessions on a variety of topics statewide on STEM education, including economics. Robyn earned a B.S. in business administration from the University of Phoenix; an M.Ed. in elementary education from NAU; and an M.Ed. in multicultural and bilingual education from NAU. She recently completed an M.A. in science teaching from NAU. She is certified in elementary education with endorsements in structured English immersion, gifted, mathematics specialist, and middle fifth through ninth grades with general science and English as approved areas. Robyn is also certified in secondary education with the approved area of middle grades/early secondary mathematics.