Kristen Blevins is an Upper School History teacher at The Hockaday School in Dallas, Texas for the past 9 years. She teaches AP Macro and Microeconomics and an elective course she developed: Empowering Women Through Financial Literacy. Prior to teaching at Hockaday, Kristen worked in personal finance at a large investment firm and uses that experience to bring her curriculum to life. Kristen has been instrumental in furthering Hockaday’s Girls and Money initiative by developing programming for Upper and Middle school students to further their financial knowledge. Recently, she was recognized with Econiful’s December EconHero Educator Award for her dedication to economic education. Kristen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Texas Tech University and a Master of Education from Southern Methodist University. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her husband and two young children.