Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 5 3 2017 3 30 Impact of STEM Professionals as Teachers on Student Perception 324 331 EN Brandon Rodriguez NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Education Department, Educator Professional Development Collaborative, Pasadena, USA EDUCATION20175314 10.12691/education-5-3-14 2016 10 2 2017 1 29 2017 3 28 The goal of our work is to assess student perception to STEM careers skills when in the presence of scientists in the classroom. Our school has several doctorate level scientists who have become full time teachers and who design content based on their careers as scientists. We are interested in measuring the impact of these teachers who infuse their curriculum with genuine experience and content relevance.