Peyton has served as a high school science educator for the past five years in his hometown of Odenton, Maryland. He is proud to have facilitated extracurricular career opportunities for his students as well as having developed the first ever English language learning science program at Arundel High School. In addition to his educational career, Peyton has direct research experience including biological research within the University of Maryland Neurological Research Center, as well as historical research under Dr. Biskupska at Sam Houston State University. He holds a bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Maryland, and a master's degree in History from Sam Houston State University. He hopes to continue to serve as an educational mentor and career facilitator as the Assistant Director within the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Mentoring at Penn State University.