Paula Croxson is a neuroscientist and award-winning science communicator with expertise in both academic and nonprofit spaces. She holds an MA from the University of Cambridge, and an MSc and DPhil from the University of Oxford. She is President at Stellate Communications where she leads strategy, communications, scientific and grant writing, public speaking, storytelling, and program development. She was previously an Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director of Public Programs at Columbia University, and Director at the Dana Foundation. She is President of the Board of Directors at the Story Collider.