2015 Milken Educator – Tracy Espiritu left her career as a product engineer to become a teacher at Dr. Albert Einstein Academy in Elizabeth. Her dream has always been to become an astronaut, but now she puts her energies into inspiring students and colleagues to pursue STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Architecture, Math). As an advocate for STEAM, she is motivated by her passion for science and a deep desire to help train the next generation of explorers.