Alli Spring is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh under Dr Pamina Firchow. Her research in the STIS department focuses on peace, technology, and education, using the EPI method in Sri Lanka. Previously, she was a high school teacher and swim coach in California, a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia, and founding principal of a dual-language school in China. She holds a Master by Research from Edinburgh, an MEd from Vanderbilt, and BA degrees from Claremont McKenna College.