The conversation rings in my ears long after we hang up. My daughter's principal asked us to return to her school after hours a...
As a child of immigrants, the Fourth of July was just another day. I didn't start celebrating it until high school when my American...
Dear Stephen E. Beaven III (or as we call you, Trey),
You are by far the most beautiful and amazing baby boy I’ve ever met,...
I quit my job. It took months for me to make the decision. I never, by any stretch of the imagination, thought of not...
Let the...
For the past week, I have been glued to the television screen as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson prepares to ascend to the highest court...
Keenan Anderson was an educator and a parent, just like me. When I saw his death on social media, my heart felt like it...
I am an African-American teacher who loudly and proudly celebrates Black History Month. It brings me so much joy, yet so much anguish. Every...
At what age do you think a child recognizes the differences in skin colors?
At 27 months my youngest was recently playing with Barbie dolls....
I grew up monolingual. Even though I took several years of Spanish in high school and in university, I was nowhere close to being...
Yes, you heard me right, you are… biased (C’mon, what b-word did you think I was referring to?!) I am biased. You are biased....
Growing up, February was so important to my family because my our roots run deep. All of my grandmother's brothers served in the military...
I am black. My husband is white. Before becoming a mom, I always wondered what my kids would look like. We now have two...
They laid him in my arms at six weeks old. My husband and I had a little less than three hours after saying yes...

























