Alicia Ayala has been involved with Math Amigos since 2018. She has been an educator in the Santa Fe Public Schools for 10 years. Currently she is a second grade teacher at Nina Otero Community School. Prior to teaching second grade, she was a 3rd grade dual language teacher at El Camino Real Academy. Alicia worked at both Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory in the field of materials science engineering prior to becoming an educator. She was recognized as the K-8 Teacher of the Year for the 2021 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards (STEMYS).