Esther Tiessen is currently an instructor of Business Math and Statistics at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. She has spent many years working in education and with educational technology as a K-12 teacher, post-secondary instructor, education researcher and education consultant. Her goal as an educator is to help students to not only achieve the learning outcomes for the courses she teaches, but also to become self-directed learners, critical thinkers, and competent knowledge workers.