Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	lover of words
Location	bronx, new york, United States
Introduction	I am a teacher and restorative practitioner at ACCE, in Ypsilanti, MI. I am a mom, a radical educator, a poet, and so much more than 140 characters. Hailing from Detroit/Ann Arbor and midwest-to-the-core, I am also entrenched in a love affair with new york (we've had a 21 year on-and-off thang) and with always being a student of the art of teaching. Here, you will find reflections about the triumphs and struggles in bringing a love of literacies to my students, being a parent, and of dismantling the white supremacist capitalist heteropatriarchy. Welcome to my work in progress.
Interests	arts and crafts, anime, baking, horticulture, hip-hop, poetry, dance, education as the practice of freedom, being a student of life and love, reading, writing (everyday), extracurricular activities, tattoos, critical race theory, gender studies, queer studies, caribbean literature, african lit, buddhism, swahili, traveling, animals, astronomy, astrology, history
Favorite movies	brazil. down by law. waking life. bowling for columbine. eternal sunshine. oh brother where art thou. shawshank redemption. gaslands. stand and deliver. karate kid. snakes on a plane. school daze. friday. juice. home alone. batman (michael keaton, thanks). cowboy bebop. neon genesis evangelion. akira. metal gear solid.
Favorite music	conscious hip-hop. outkast, bahamadia, mystic, invincible, j-dilla, the coup, mos def, talib kweli (blacksmith), living legends, immortal technique, one be lo, magestik legend, binary star, slum village, guilty simpson, black milk, athletic mic league, the black opera, 14kt, mayer hawthorne, jaded inc, common, eric b and rakim, biz markie, pharcyde, souls of mischief/hieroglyphic crew, mobb deep, wu tang, yo majesty, god-ess and she, jill scott, santogold, estelle, the roots, kanye's beats, 7 chakras, nickie p, tree city, buff1, and rocksteady/roots reggae (alton ellis, hopeton lewis, desmond dekker and the aces, gregory isaacs, the melodians, the gaylads, the mighty vikings)
Favorite books	Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paolo Freire), Teaching to Transgress (bell hooks), Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler), The Light in Their Eyes (Sonia Nieto), Savage Inequalities (Jonathon Kozol), Other People's Children (Lisa Delpit), The Mis-Education of the Negro (Carter G. Woodson), Race Matters (Cornell West), Killing Rage (bell hooks), One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez), Krik? Krak! (Edwidge Danticat), Gender Play (Barrie Thorne)

Radio wire is often used to make bird nests. What station do they listen to?

i think they listen to NPR, and reggae.