Kimberly Brenneman is education program staff at the Heising-Simons Foundation where her grantmaking focuses on effective practices to support young children’s mathematics learning inside and outside of school. Prior to joining the Foundation, Kim was research faculty at Rutgers University’s National Institute for Early Education Research and the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science, where she led projects focused on curricular and instructional practices to foster STEM learning for young children in school and home settings. Co-author of Preschool Pathways to Science (PrePS): Facilitating scientific ways of thinking, talking, doing, and understanding and Teaching STEM in the preschool classroom, she is the science lead for the comprehensive preschool curriculum Connect4Learning (C4L). Kim also consults on educational media for preschoolers and aligned resources for families and educators. Her collaborations have included engagements with the Jim Henson Company, NBCUniversal, and PBSKids.