Erin Golden, Ph.D. is the Director of the Denver Metro Regional Science & Engineering Fair as well as the Director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities at CU Denver. In both of these roles, her focus is on creating training opportunities for emerging scholars and helping them access the support and resources they need to jump-start their research careers. Dr. Golden earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University in 2015 and spent over 12 years as an NIH-funded biomedical scientist before joining the world of academic administration. Erin is passionate about mentoring and credits her professional and personal successes to the mentors that helped guide her along the way. She is thrilled that in her two Director roles she gets to be a mentor full-time, helping middle school, high school, and college students build their scientific identities and fall in love with research.