Alison Fox Mazzola is a math coach, workshop leader, and consultant to public and private schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. She has over twenty years of teaching experience, including a decade as a teacher of gifted second graders at The Nueva School. She is particularly passionate about helping teachers use the Mathematical Practices to deepen student understanding. She also blogs about math, teaching, and parenting at: https://alisonfoxmazzola.com/blog. Alison is a graduate of Wellesley College and holds a Masters Of Education from UCLA. She also co-authored a book with Michael Thompson: Understanding Independent School Parents.