Erik Martin is Senior Education Program Manager at Unity, the leading development platform for games and XR, where he works to democratize creativity and empower learners with skills to help build the future.  Erik previously served as a Policy Advisor at the White House, Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Obama Administration, where he helped develop numerous national education innovation policies and initiatives including reducing and rethinking standardized testing and CS for All, co-wrote the first memo to the president on XR technologies and hosted events like the White House Game Jam and HealthCare.gov eSports competition. His career started by playing World of Warcraft with the Dragonmaw Vanguard.