Nicholas Provenzano is a passionate and Nerdy teacher dedicated to giving every student a chance to learn something new and exciting. He has taught English Language Arts for 15 years, but has always been a Maker. He has a Masters Degree from Central Michigan University in Educational Technology and has spent the past few years traveling the country and sharing the very cool things his students do in the classroom. As a father, Nicholas loves spending time with his son as he explores the world around him. They love to laugh and play and Make things all the time. Everything Nick has accomplished though, is because of the support from his amazing wife. She is the real life Leslie Knope working to make the community a better place every day. She is way out his league and he is very grateful she said yes. At heart, Nick is a huge nerd that loves all thing pop culture, video games, movies, comic books, etc. These were things that were an important part of his childhood and he loves that he gets to share them with his son and the community on his website, TheNerdyTeacher.com, and his Twitter account, @TheNerdyTeacher. He looks forward to the next step in this crazy adventure and he hope to meet all of you in his travels.