Alaina G. Levine, CSP, is a professional speaker, coach, corporate comedian, science writer, and author of 3 books: Networking for Nerds (Wiley), Create Your Unicorn Career (2025) and Your Unicorn Career Workbook (2025). An expert in STEM workforce development, Alaina helps organizations recruit, retain, and grow their STEM talent, including NASA, who said “her work is worth its weight in gold!” She has delivered ~1000 speeches for clients in 15 nations, 35 states, and 5 continents, and her 500+ articles have appeared in Scientific American, National Geographic News Watch, World Economic Forum, and Smithsonian, including her column, “Your Unicorn Career”, published in the world’s #1 science magazine. As a career coach, Alaina helps clients create Your Unicorn Career, and as a speaking coach, Alaina empowers leaders to improve their speaking abilities, grow their speaking business, and land fat stacks of funding. A recent project included providing speaking coaching to teams of experts who pursued venture funding from NASA (with NSA member Hayley Foster!) and $120 Million in federal grants. The winner of over 20 business awards, including Tucson Leader of the Year award (previously bestowed upon the former US Surgeon General), Alaina was recently named the Johnson Lecturer in Science Communications at Penn State. She studied at the American University in Cairo as a US Department of Defense Boren Fellow, and holds bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and anthropology from the University of Arizona (UA). Fun fact: as an undergrad, Alaina was a championship billiards player and competed in national tournaments under her nickname, Lady Dyn-o-mite.

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