Tireless advocate for educational equity as a member of the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees from 2016-2014, represented much of Oak Cliff, District 6. Consistently supported issues related to the welfare of the school staff, naming schools for Kathryn Joy Gilliam and Rev. Zan W. Holmes, Jr., and other issues. She expressed her positions on controversial issues at board meetings and on her blog. Some of these issues included: Opposed school closings, hiring a superintendent favored by most of the board, policy on requiring principals to learn Spanish, making DISD a Charter School District and other issues. Directed the African-American Read-In for more than a decade, promoted literacy to thousands of students, families and teachers.


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