Theme: ECO-Tech: South Florida Style

TED is an nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation dedicated to the mission of spreading magnificent ideas worldwide. TED establishes a platform, which allows any human being, regardless of race or social status, to expand their ideas and challenge the world’s way of thinking.

St. Thomas Aquinas High School has decided to extend this platform and allow their students and other keynote speakers to express their unique ideas. This year’s 2025 theme is based on the way in which technology transforms eco-systems: ECO-Tech.

Presented by STA's STEM Steering Committee and The Bienes Center for the Arts

Bienes Center for the Arts at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
2812 SW 12th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33312
United States

Dr. Tiffany Troxler

Associate Professor; Associate Director of Science, Sea Level Solutions Center Earth and Environment

Tiffany Troxler is a Research Scientist and Associate Professor at the Southeast Environmental Research Center and the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University. Her research focuses on wetland ecosystems ecology, and informs management and restoration of coastal and freshwater wetland ecosystems. She is also the project collaborator and working group co-lead in the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER program. Troxler is Director and Associate Director for Science of the Sea Level Solutions Center. Troxler is the author of over 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. She has also served as a visiting researcher and wetland expert with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories based in Japan at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies.

Wanda Drodovitch

Director of Choral Activities at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School

Wanda Drodovitch studied at the Glier College of Music in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she graduated with Honors in Piano Performance and Pedagogic. She holds a Master’s Degree of Arts in Music. She performed concerts on Vladimir Horowitz’s piano, i.e., Noon Concerts at the Troy Music Hall, NY. She played as a soloist with the Youth Symphony for the United Nations under the direction of J. Eger. She is in her 9th year as a director of choral activities at St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Under her direction, STA Chorale performed at Carnegie Hall and Epcot Candlelight Processional. Her choirs consistently earn Superior Ratings at the District and State Music Performance Assessments. In 2018 St. Thomas Aquinas Chorale was named a Choir of Distinction of the State of Florida.