Shayla Reese Griffin, PhD, MSW, is co-founder of Justice Leaders Collaborative & Press, which are committed to dismantling oppression, cultivating justice, and nurturing wellbeing through training, consulting, resources, and books. Shayla is the author of Outside: A Short Guide to Connecting with Nature for Awesome Kids, Feel: A Short Guide to A Lot of Emotions for Awesome Kids, Care: A Short Guide to Caring & Sharing for Awesome Kids, Bodies: A Short Guide to How We're Different for Awesome Kids, Together: A First Book About Race for Awesome Kids, The Awesome Kids Guide to Race, Those Kids, Our Schools: Race and Reform in An American High School, and co-author of Race Dialogues: A Facilitator's Guide to Tackling the Elephant in the Classroom. She has also written many blog posts and tools for parents and educators. She lives with her spouse and three children and gets her best ideas at 3 a.m.