A professional student of 40 years, Kirsten spent 20 years overseas flipping the classroom as a online instructor, teacher trainer, language tutor and academic writing coach before returning to Canada in 2017. She has a Masters in TESOL (2007), a PGCE in Tertiary Teaching & Learning (2010), and will graduate from UBC with a Master's of Educational Technology (MET) in 2025. She has published two peer-reviewed academic journal articles on Webquests (2014) and technology-mediated Self Access Centres (2013). She believes Blockchain Technology in education has the power to transform the masses into a utopian knowledge society of the future.