DR. JENNIFER NICOLE BACON, aka ""Dr. Jenn,"" has a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Maryland, College Park, and MEd in Special Education from the University of Virginia. Dr. Jenn is an Associate Professor in Elementary Education, an Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, a mentor, and a writer. A former special education teacher, she currently teaches college students studying to become elementary school teachers. Committed to addressing issues of overrepresentation in special education, racial and gender equity, and writing for social justice, she participates in several professional associations and mentoring organizations. LET CIA MORENO is an illustrator in Rio de Janeiro who holds a degree in art history and is represented by the T2 Agency in the United States. Her work focuses on the graphic representation of blackness in order to achieve a gentle and delicate form through her drawings, refusing stereotypes in order to humanize black bodies.
“[A] productive addition to any collection of youth activism resources.”—Kirkus Reviews