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My mom decided to homeschool me at age 9 because she truly felt the school system in the countryside of Guyana was failing her child. She demanded change, when she didn't get it, she made changes.

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My High School Principal who ran a school of 2500 or less. But every morning he would stand at the door and greet every student by name.

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I could never seem to follow directions in 1st grade! In elementary school, many of my teachers made me stay in  for recess because I was always mixing up their instructions. But my first grade reader called my mom and told her I had a very creative brain, and that she loved figuring out why I chose to approach assignments like I did.

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Ms. Hazlewood and Ms. Moyer (3rd and 4th Grade Teachers)

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Ms. Hazlewood and Ms. Moyer (3rd and 4th Grade Teachers)

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They both let me stay in their rooms after school instead of going to the after school program. I'd do work. I'd grade papers. I'd pet the pets. I'd clean. I'd just sit in the same space with them.

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She was my 4th Grade teacher.  She was the first teacher to truly see me as a whole individual and all of my classmates as well.  We all thrived with her as a teacher.

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He took me under his wings and as a 10th grader I tutored and was a pre-teacher for his 12 grade English classes. They thought I was a college student because the school was so big. I was invisible in all of my classes and the teachers let me remain silent. In his class he SAW ME!

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She was my third grade teacher who made me feel seen. She was proudly Haitian-American and shared her family and culture with us. I was able to connect with her and see value in what I learned at home.

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My 6th grade teacher, I got angry and threw a desk in class, her response was "ok glad you got that out of your system know we can learn, because I love you too much to send you to the principal's office"

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HS Bio teacher who also gave Black & Brown student a space to excel in science while at the same time teaching us to love our skin and experience. I remember she stopped a lesson to talk to us about hair and its beauty. She showed us the chemicals in relaxers and really gave us insight I had never experienced before in school. I left her class believing in my power as a Black youth.

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She was the founder and principal of
The Modern School first black private school in Harlem. Her entire staff was Black and female. Very strong and slways encouraging.

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She was the first black teacher I had ever had. The way she ran her classroom was all about us loving literature and loving history. She has us do presentations every week on something and pushed the joy factor every day. She has high expectations for all of her students. She would tell us she loved us all the time and that the way she showed her love was by making sure we knew how smart we were.

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Challenged me to think about my white privilege and the ways I can reject it or use it responsibly to be anti-racist.

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She was the first teacher, I was in 9th grade that made me feel as if I mattered. She say me, accepted me, and really held me accountable for the things I said I wanted to be and who I was. She was white, all my teachers were throughout my Pre K-12 experience.