Dr. Shelley Jones-Holt has been in the educational field for over 20 years as a pK-Adult teacher, principal, district office administrator, superintendent, college faculty, executive mentor and now as a courageous equity leadership coach. Her emphasis on cultural and racial historical literacy is foundational to engaging in a restorative approach to uncomfortable conversations about controversial topics such as race and identity oppression. She believes that we can change harmful systems of inequity if adults and children become literate in history, culture and academics simultaneously.