Gieshala “Gigi” Mims (She/Her)

Gieshala Mims has been teaching for over 20 years and currently teaches the computer science curriculum, Cyber Foundations II, and STEM at Senatobia Middle School in the Senatobia Municipal School District in Mississippi. Gieshala was selected as the 2017-2018 District Teacher of the Year for the Senatobia Municipal School District and has recently been selected as the 2025-2026 District Teacher of the Year for Senatobia. She has been busy developing a STEM/STEAM lab for her school and serves as a Research Educator Fellow for the Mississippi AI Collaborative, an ISTE+ASCD Generation AI Communities of Practice Fellow, and an imagi Educator Ambassador. Gieshala received her undergraduate degree in Real Estate and Mortgage Finance and an MBA from Mississippi State University. She holds a specialist degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Phoenix, where she is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Educational Technology.