Dr. Simone Angelique Hyater-Adams is a physicist, artist, educator, and researcher with a drive for creating more opportunities for Black STEM students. She received her B.S. in Physics from Hampton University, where she participated in several different research projects. She then pursued her doctoral studies at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) where she was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Here, she developed a framework for physics identity, and conducted interdisciplinary research examining the connections between performance art and identity for Black Physicists. This work won the Harry Lustig Award from the American Physical Society’s Four Corners Section 2018 meeting. Since graduating, Simone has continued her work supporting Black and Brown STEM students and finding creative ways to combine her passions for both science and art. She spent time managing the National Mentoring Community at American Physical Society (APS Physics) as well as the STEAM education programs at a New York based non-profit called STEM From Dance. Currently, she continues to work with universities and non-profits on research projects and educational programming at the intersection of STEM and Art. She recently started a research-based STEM and Arts Education consulting firm inspiring Black and Brown youth towards healthy and holistic STEM identities through the arts