Dr. Tonya Leslie believes that education must engage cultural consciousness not solely content if the future of our society is to reflect the best of who we are.
Over the course of her 20-year career in education and publishing, Dr. Leslie has worked with pioneering institutions such as PBS, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Sesame Workshop and Girl Scouts of the USA that integrate this belief into their educational curricula. She has also worked with school districts nationally providing workshops and seminars to help educators integrate this belief into their practice.