Ebonyse P. Mead is the president of the Educational Equity Institute and a certified family life educator. She holds an Ed.D. in early childhood education and an M.A. in human services from Concordia University Chicago, as well as an M.S. in family studies from Texas Woman's University and a graduate certificate in antiracist urban education from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. For 20 years, Dr. Mead has worked in communities to improve the health and educational outcomes for racial and ethnically diverse children and their families.