Virginia Bond is in her 36th year in education and began her teaching career as a music educator, then transitioned to technology teacher at the beginning of the 21st century. While teaching in a district bordering the Canadian border, she served the school on the IST/RTi team, was data coordinator and provided teacher and student technology training. At NERIC since May of 2015, Virginia is a Training Specialist II, and works with educators in public and private school districts on the northeastern edge of NYS. Virginia is an ISTE Certified Educator, Google Certified Trainer, Microsoft Innovative Educator, tech integrator and supports multiple software products. In September 2020 she was named Trainer of the Month for North America by Google. Virginia has offered trainings and workshops at various Google Summits and Camps throughout NYS, presented at EdChange Global 2020, four i-Ready Regional User Summits and at NYSCATE since 2016.