Dr. Qiana O’Leary is an assistant professor in the College of Education at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU). She is a California native and has extensive experience in PK-12 administration, working in public and charter school settings. After earning her master’s in educational administration from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Dr. O’Leary quickly gained a reputation for starting and transforming schools in the greater Los Angeles area. Dr. O’Leary continues to dedicate her work in school transformation by mentoring school leaders and teachers as they examine issues of equity, inclusion, and racism in their effort of becoming agents of radical school reform. Her research interest in equity education and school leadership has helped her understand the unique perspective on what BIPOC students need and how inaccessible quality culturally competent curriculum is for inner city students.

Bridget Steele has a passion for teaching and believe all students can learn. She has a Ph.D. in Math Education and over 18 years of experience in education, both online and face-to-face, using different, engaging, creative, and innovative teaching techniques. She's served students as a STEM program director and a university and high school instructor in a large capacity. Her ultimate goal is to expose black girls to STEM fields and careers while building social skills and growth mindsets. She realizes the importance of representation, and since she's a STEM professional, she wants to show girls who look like her can also become one.

Candide Bukedi, affectionately known as Candy is a math teacher by day and a college coach by night. She works with black and brown children to prepare them for college while helping them to avoid student loan debt! Her focus is college matriculation with the crippling debt. She graduated from NC State and Johns Hopkins University with ZERO debt!

Alexandra Corwin (she/hers) is a leadership coach, educator, program designer, and entrepreneur. Her experiences range from being a community organizer, teacher, school director, diversity equity inclusion consultant and adult learning specialist. Alexandra is a former Director of Leadership at Teach for America and has a Master's in education from Harvard University. She is passionate about values based leadership and leadership that celebrates the authentic self.