Laura S. Scherling, EdD is a lecturer at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs and a director at Columbia University School of Professional Studies, co-founder of GreenspaceNYC, and founder of the Cyber Care Institute. She has published in numerous academic and popular journals and is co-editor of Ethics in Design and Communication: Critical Perspectives, editor of Digital Transformation in Design: Processes and Practices, and author of Product Design, Technology, and Social Change. Scherling lives in New York City with her husband, son, her dog Maggie, and her cat Maxine.