A retired elementary school teacher and teacher educator (for fifty years, 25 at San Francisco State). My first children's book, a beautifully illustrated bi-lingual English-Spanish social justice oriented book will be officially in print on September 15.

In my academic life I contributed to lots of edited books, writing about the challenges of teaching pre-service teachers to teach for social justice. I am also co-author with Sekani Moyenda of Taking it personally: Racism in classrooms from kindergarten to college; and, with Harold Berlak, Dilemmas of Schooling: Teaching and social change.

I would love to exchange ideas with others who want to produce fiction for children that will help them connect the dots between their own experiences and those of others, and between the external forces that shape their lives, and open conversations about how to make the future more just and joyful.