Karen Cangialosi is a passionate change agent, dedicated educator, and student advocate with national recognition in open education, STEM, digital pedagogy, and student-centered learning. As a Professor of Biology at Keene State College (now emeritus), she brought open pedagogy and OER into the biology curriculum and led campus-wide initiatives to make science education more affordable and inclusive. She now serves as Director of Open Education & Open Science at the RIOS Institute which promotes racial justice and openness in STEM. Her work centers on transforming higher ed systems to better serve students and especially marginalized students. She has held leadership roles with Every Learner Everywhere and Open Education Global’s RLOE project, focusing on equitable learning, digital transformation, and shifting institutional power. She continues to advocate for integrating Open Science and Open Education to reimagine how we teach, learn, and collaborate in STEM—always with a focus on transparency, justice, and meaningful change.