Dr. Toni Denese Sturdivant, scholar-activist, earned a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching. She is the author of I Like Myself: Fostering Positive Racial Identity in Young Black Children (2023), Positive Racial Identity at Home (2021), and the co-editor of Equitable and Joyful Learning in Preschool (2023). Altheria Caldera, Ph.D. is a teacher educator and scholar-activist who advances educational equity in the areas of linguistic justice, Black girls and school discipline, and anti-racist pedagogies.