Dr. Michelle Maier’s research focuses on early childhood education and intervention. She has extensive experience in design, start-up, and measurement in implementation research projects within a variety of early care and education (ECE) programs. Most of her projects focus on ECE programs that support the development and school readiness of children from families with low incomes. In 2017, Dr. Maier joined the Foundation’s Young Scholars Program (YSP) as a member of the 14^th cohort. She is also a co-author of the Foundation’s 2020 publication Getting it Right: Using Implementation Research to Improve Outcomes in Early Care and Education.