Mary Whitehead *she/her/hers) currently serves as the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Administrator at Denver Human Services. She holds a PH.D. in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies from University of Texas at San Antonio, M>ED. In Higher Education and Administration from Loyola University Chicago, and a B.A. in Communication with Human Resource Development minor from Northeastern Illinois University. Guided by her values and commitment to social justice, she is interested in embracing an inclusive and nurturing community where communities realize their dreams while achieving their goals. Her professional passion is to research areas of critical race feminism, activism, and the power dynamics between discourse and culture. As a court justice advocate who incorporates from of activism and learning into her work, she desires to lead many holistic and healing conversations for marginalized communities by sharing her personal story as Black Women through the empowering approach of ‘voice’ in order to inspire others to have freedom to express.