Patty Born Selly is executive director of the National Center for STEM Elementary Education at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2005, she founded Small Wonders, an educational consulting company offering services to schools, faith-based communities, and other organisations wishing to incorporate STEM and nature education to their programs. Patty serves as adjunct faculty at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota, where she teaches classes on children and nature and environmental education. She has been a teacher to preschoolers, elementary school children, and college students.