Nico Janik is the Makerspaces/Engineering Coordinator for the Ravenswood City School District. RCSD has seven campuses serving primarily low-income students of color, from transitional kindergarten through 8th grade. It is the public school district for East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park, California. Before becoming a classroom teacher, she worked professionally as a mechanical engineer, most notably at IDEO Product Development, OddzOn Products and Hasbro Toys.