Nicholas Ponticello

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Nicholas Ponticello

Nicholas Ponticello is a high school mathematics teacher and STEAM coordinator at Flintridge Preparatory School in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Ponticello graduated from the Univer...view moreNicholas Ponticello is a high school mathematics teacher and STEAM coordinator at Flintridge Preparatory School in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Ponticello graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with degrees in mathematics and astrophysics and was awarded a certificate in sustainability from UCLA Extension. His work explores the intersection of science, sustainability, business, and education in the hopes of encouraging more systems-thinking and sustainability-themed curricula at the secondary-school level. Mr. Ponticello grew up in Northern California and began his career as the operations manager at KOMENAR Publishing in Oakland, California. He is a longtime runner and has coached champion cross-country and track and field teams at the high school level. Mr. Ponticello is also the author of Do Not Resuscitate, a fictional biography that considers transhumanism and the intersection of technology and sustainability, and the short stories, “The Button,” “Three Wishes,” and “Mirror.” He has studied writing under Kim Krizan (Before Sunrise, Zombie Tales 2061) and Bruce Miller (Eureka, Medium, ER). His debut novel, Do Not Resuscitate, received honorable mention at the 2015 Green Book Festival, which spotlights “books that contribute to greater understanding, respect for and positive action on the changing worldwide environment” and was a semifinalist in the 2015 Kindle Book Awards for Literary Fiction. Mr. Ponticello resides in Los Angeles with art historian Nico Machida and their six freshwater fish.view less