Meet our Team

Ben Roy is the past director of the WTVC NewsChannel 9 Science Theater and now teaches Upward Bound Math & Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He has a MA degree in education and has served as an elementary and middle school principal and teacher, earning the “Teacher of the Year” award for the Gordon County School System in Georgia. Ben designs all his shows to implement state science objectives.

Debra Shinn Rivera is a Vet Tech turned Science Zone Presenter with years of experience leading interactive classes, including live presentations with a variety of animals for Science Zone Wild. She is a lead facilitator for outdoor education programs, science camp director, and skilled presenter for Vacation Bible Schools. Facilitator STEM-based learning, environmental science education and dissection classes. She is also an instructor for Upward Bound Math and science classes at the University of TN at Chattanooga. She has also worked as a production assistant for over 100 satellite broadcast lessons.