Celena Miller
Celena Miller is the Senior Outreach Program Coordinator for the Texas Space Grant Consortium in Austin, Texas. She has worked for over twelve years in education. During that time, Celena has worked in the Texas public school system, promoting earth and space education to students, teachers and the community through curriculum, professional development, science nights, and career exploration.
Celena has been recognized for our excellence in science teaching. She was the national recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2014. Since that time, Celena was also recognized as the 2014 HEB Excellence in Education "Rising Star" Recipient, 2014 University of Texas - RGV Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 2015 ATPE Educator of the Year, 2015 Texas Academy of Science - Outstanding Texas Educator, and the 2019 HEB Excellence in Education "Leadership" Recipient. She is a NASA MAVEN Ambassador, a SCH Space Education Educator Crew Member, a Space Foundation Teacher Liaison, and a Rio Grande Valley Science Association Board Member. Additionally, she also participated in four missions with the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education for the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program to the International Space Station.
She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Teacher Association of Texas, National Science Teacher Association, Rio Grande Valley Science Association, and NASA Network of States.
Celena received her Bachelor of Science degree and master's at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She also completed post-graduate work with the NASA Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project in STEM Education at Columbia University.
Sessions in which Celena Miller participates
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
Session
Norma Pena, PSJA ISD (Other Participant)
Celena Miller, SEEC Crew - Center for Space Research (Participant)
Yvonne Gomez, PSJA ISD (Participant)
Sessions in which Celena Miller attends
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
Keynote
Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Mars Yard Bus
Tour
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
Session
Pam Kraus, Smoky Hill Education Service Center (Participant)
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2
Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Ellington Field- CAP van
Session
Susan Mallett, Civil Air Patrol National HQ (Participant)
Debbie Dahl, Civil Air Patrol NHQ (Participant)
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
Keynote
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
Session
Delinda Mock, Cypress Fairbanks ISD (Participant)
Mrs. Christine Graham, Cockrill Middle School (Participant)
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
Session
Phyllis Friello, Space Center Houston (Participant)
Daniel Newmyer, Space Center Houston (Participant)
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
Session
Debbie Reynolds, Commonwealth Charter Academy (Participant)
Kai Cui, University of Florida (Participant)
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
Session
Phyllis Friello, Space Center Houston (Participant)
Clay Anderson, Former NASA Astronaut (Participant)
Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
Keynote