My name is Pournima Narayanan. I teach Gen Chem I (CHEM001) at Solano Community College. I am passionate about creating inclusive classrooms where students feel empowered and supported in their path to academic success. I majored in chemistry during my undergraduate education at the University of Toronto in Canada. I further specialized in materials science during my PhD at Stanford University, where I did research on using nanoscale materials to turn invisible infrared light into visible light.