Growing up, I never realized how much of me was absent from my school experience.

From my teachers to the curriculum content - not much reflected my family, my values, my identity.

And now, as a teacher myself, none of my direct supervisors have ever looked like me.

Very few of my colleagues are members of the Asian diaspora.

Even fewer are black or self-ID’d Indigenous folks.

So much of our educational training and resources are inevitably problematic, simply because the people creating them don't always consult with real communities for their lived experiences.

So here I am. Here we are. Punching through the glass ceiling with our community so that we can, in our own way, create a judgment-free zone for people like you and me who want to challenge, unpack our biases, and make learning safe and engaging. Because we matter. Our kids matter.