Regan Bynder is a Coordinator at Ventura County Office of Education, Early Childhood Programs Department. Her career in EC spans 30 years and includes teaching, directing, resource and referral technical assistance, family childcare network administration, project management, coaching, training, and consulting. Regan's passions include social and emotional development, EC-STEM, inclusion, learning stories, teacher beliefs and mindsets, and natures place in ECE. She is an authorized CA Teaching Pyramid coach and trainer, Toddler CLASS observer, Beginning Together Preschool Inclusion facilitator, aRPy Ambassador, LEAD STEM fellow, Program for Infant Toddler Caregiver Trainer, and Outdoor Classroom Specialist.