Ariel Gilbert-Knight joins Steward Observatory after seven years at University of Arizona Continuing and Professional Education (CaPE). There, she managed the administrative and ecommerce systems, processes and reporting that supported CaPe’s non-credit professional development programs, as well as managing the CaPE website and newsletter.

Prior to joining CaPE, she was the content director at a San Francisco nonprofit where she developed educational programs to help nonprofit and library staff around the world learn new technology skills. She has also been a business analyst, a marketing database analyst, a legal secretary and a freelance writer.

In her spare time, Ariel likes to hike, cook, read, make jewelry and nerd out on sci-fi and fantasy.

She was raised in a Star Trek household, so she thinks studying space is extremely cool and is thrilled to be joining the team at Steward Observatory.