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Maryam Abdullah

Parenting Program Director, Greater Good Science Center

Dr. Maryam Abdullah, is the parenting program director of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a developmental psychologist who writes articles for Greater Good and develops practical research-based activities for Greater Good in Action to support the social and emotional well-being of children, parents, and families.

Carolyne Abdullah

Carolyne Miller Abdullah, Everyday Democracy’s senior director of Strengthening Democratic Capacity, leads the organization’s programming unit and strategy for helping neighborhoods, towns, cities and states across the U.S. build their own capacity…

Hafidha Acuay

Events Manager and Program Coordinator, Families of Color Seattle (FOCS)

Hafidha Acuay (she/her) is the Events Manager and Program Coordinator at Families of Color Seattle (FOCS). She joined FOCS in early 2020 to support their transition from all in-person programming to all virtual gatherings in response to the pandemic…

Michelle Alexander

Michelle is a the author of the hugely influential book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Obama. She is also a mama of three and a member of the National Advisory Board for EmbraceRace.

Autumn Allen

Autumn is an educator, a writer, a reviewer of books for children and young adults, and an independent scholar of children’s literature. Her graduate studies and her practice as an educator in community settings inform her interest in children’s…

Nancy Allen-Scannell

Nancy Allen-Scannell is Director of External Affairs at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Nancy has led MSPCC’s public affairs team since 2006 and is responsible for the development and achievement of strategies to…

Farah Ameen

Editor, Writer, Mom

Farah Ameen is a Bangladeshi-American editor/writer, soccer mom, and crossword & scrabble nerd.

Riana Anderson

Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health. She uses mixed methods in clinical interventions to study racial discrimination and…

Krista Aronson

Krista Aronson is a CoFounder of Diverse BookFinder. She is also a Professor of Psychology at Bates College. Her work focuses on illuminating how people come to understand complex social constructs like race and ethnicity, including how children…

John Asante

Senior Producer

John Asante (he/him) is an award-winning, independent audio producer, showrunner, and consultant.

Tracey Baptiste

Author

Tracey Baptiste (she/her) is a New York Times bestselling author of books for children. Best known for The Jumbies trilogy, she has written over twenty fiction, nonfiction and graphic novels for readers from preschool to young adult. Tracey is a…

Nicolás E. Barceló

Dr. Nicolás E. Barceló is a resident in general psychiatry, and a recipient of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program. He is a former chief resident of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion of…