Jessica Tybursky is a second-year doctoral student in Mathematics Education at New York University in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. She is a Research Assistant supervised by Karen D. King, Ph. D. on the project “Teachers’ Use of Standards-based Instructional Materials”. Jessica previously taught high school mathematics in West Orange, New Jersey after acquiring a Master of Arts in Teaching at Montclair State University, where she developed research interests in the practices and development of mathematics teachers, and the Achievement Gap. Jessica graduated from Lehigh University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.