Education and Public Outreach in the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves Physics Frontiers Center*

Gravitational wave astrophysics, an interdisciplinary field across many continents, requires a diverse community of researchers and students. The North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) NSF Physics Frontiers Center enables such a community through student involvement at all levels in low-frequency gravitational wave astrophysics with pulsar timing arrays. From outreach to interested members of the public to undergraduate student training, we build a broad foundation that continues to mentor NANOGrav members at all career stages, all the while establishing collaboration policies that ensure broad participation. We discuss our collaboration's education and public outreach as a case study for other distributed collaborations, as outlined in NANOGrav's Astro2020 State of the Profession White Paper.