Bio


Kristina Dance serves as Director of Data Science at Youcubed. In that role she oversees curriculum writing and professional development for the youcubed high school course, Explorations in Data Science. She is a co-author of the curriculum and supports other aspects of youcubed curriculum and professional development. She is also a Lecturer in the Stanford Teacher Education Program and has taught courses focusing on race, intersectionality, identity, classroom community, assessment, and curriculum and instruction in mathematics. Before joining youcubed, she taught middle school and high school math for 10 years. She has designed professional development opportunities and coached mathematics teachers at all levels for the last ten years throughout the west coast. Kristina is a graduate of the Stanford Teacher Education program where she received her masters in education and teaching credential and has an undergraduate degree in mathematics.

Academic Appointments


  • Lecturer, Graduate School of Education