Walt Disney World chose Lauren Glaser for the Disney Imagination Campus Celebration at Walt Disney World Resort. Glaser joined 49 other teachers from across the nation as guests of honor for a magical celebration of America’s education heroes at Walt Disney World Resort in late May 2022. The 50 teachers event coincided with the 50 ^th anniversary of Walt Disney World Resort, which launched “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” in October 2021 to mark the resort’s 50 ^th year. Check out celebration blog.

“These teachers and so many others are really next-level educators,” said Charles Thomas, Director, Disney Imagination Campus in a press release about the celebration. “They are supercharging the imaginations of young minds every day in ways that are driving their career ambitions in directions that they probably never thought were possible.”

Glaser is earning a Master of Arts (MA) in the biological sciences from Miami University through Project Dragonfly’s Global Field Program while working working full-time as a science teacher at Bay Shore High School in Bay Shore, New York. Glaser has been teaching for 11 years and has taught biology, chemistry, forensic science, and science research.

Glaser’s international fieldwork with Project Dragonfly included investigating coral reefs, manatees, howler monkeys, jaguars, and other wildlife in Belize while learning the methods communities are using to sustain them; diving into the conservation and education opportunities of the Australia’s Great Barrier Reef; and examining the forces of evolutionary, geologic, and social change in the Galapagos. Glaser is connecting many of her master’s assignments into her work as a teacher.