Shaniqua Washington is an instructional designer II for Xactware (Verisk), where she helps create learning content to transform how learners use the organization’s latest software and products. She began her career in secondary education, where she encouraged students to excel using a flipped classroom, projects, and gamified learning. While teaching, she hosted workshops for the Alabama Department of Archives & History that invited educators across the state to learn how to implement local history and places into the scope of national historical events.