Ben Grimley is CEO of Speak Agent and Principal Investigator for academic STEM language research sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the National Institutes of Health. He is a former ESOL teacher and award-winning PBS KIDS app designer with a track record of producing measurable educational impacts in STEM for millions of learners. He created Speak Agent to address the achievement gap for marginalized learners by applying the latest Learning Sciences research to integrate language and content.