Robert Anderson is a father of two, a teacher in the White Bear Lake Area Schools in White Bear Lake, MN, and a student in the Doctor of Education Leadership and Learning program at the University of St. Thomas.  Robert is a High School English Language and Social Studies teacher at the White Bear Lake Area High School and the Area Learning Center.  He also advises the Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) teams at the high school. YPAR is an innovative approach to positive youth and community development based on social justice principles in which young people are trained to conduct systematic research to improve their lives, their communities, and the institutions intended to serve them. He has also worked on the school districts strategic planning and equity plans, and is continuing his journey towards being an anti-racist educator.