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We would not have been able to complete this book without love and assistance from many, so we would like to close by each acknowledging the giants on whose shoulders we stand, those who give us inspiration, and the editors and others who made this book a reality.

Thank you to Lara Parra and Emma Newsom for their editorial work from contract to publication and the care they took with this book. I would also like to thank my mentor, Shane Lopez, for telling me I was ready to write this book and for his advice through the contractual process. Though he died shortly after I began writing, I consider his advice daily. I would also like to thank the following individuals for their work during this process and their inspiration (whether they know it or not): Will Mitchell, L. J. Lumpkin, Ashley Kaseroff, Ryan Reed, Lyndse Anderson, Elle Harris, Melissa Peters, Marcos Ramirez-Santos, Mayra Mejia, Kristen Tran, Jeremiah Hernandez, Felipe Garcia, Allison Newlee, Carrie Langner, Blanca Martinez-Navarro, and Beya Montero Makekau. This book is for all of you. Thank you to my coauthor and dear friend, Denise Isom—I could not have done this without you, and our friendship is a gift to me every day. Thank you also to my parents, Yosh and Julie, for the values that instilled in me a strong belief that I could make a difference. And finally, to those to whom this volume is dedicated: Thank you for the coffee, the midnight talks, the “quiet Tuesdays,” the snuggles and comic relief when I needed it, for your love, and your enduring faith in my ability to write this book and to do anything I want to accomplish in the world.

—Dr. Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti

With unflinching faith, love, authenticity, brilliance and strength, my grandmother has led us a mighty long way. To those who came after, carrying her legacy, and helping me do the same—my parents, Geraldine and Escoe Isom Sr., uncles Eli, James (Eddie), and Michael, and aunts Ernestine, Cheryl, and Carolyn, among so many others, I thank you. To my generation of the Isom/Williams clan, united and strengthened by the models our elders have shown us of how to live with hope and joy in the face of struggle, I thank you. To my brothers and sisters, who are my superpower, Escoe Isom Jr., Donniell Isom, Kali’ Isom-Moore, Scott Moore, Dannette Isom-Norman, and Josh Norman, I thank you. To the next generation in our family, I hope we love you into yourselves, and empower you the way that those who came before us have empowered us. To Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, without whom none of this would have happened, I thank you for the opportunity and for the friendship, support, and laughter that grew along and marked the way. To all the friends who form my beloved community, who provide inspiration and joy, and who endured months and months of canceled engagements, limited phone calls, and too much talk of textbook writing, I thank you—Alisa Bredensteiner, Jacque Rowe Fields, Dr. Anastasia Gentles, the Ewings, the Floreses, and the Queens, thank you. I want to recognize the team at Sage too, whose invaluable efforts are greatly appreciated: Thank you.

—Dr. Denise Isom

Thanks also go to the following individuals who provided feedback on our manuscript:

 Vanessa Hettinger, University of Wisconsin-Superior

 Carol Huckaby, Albertus Magnus College

 Chris Jazwinski, St. Cloud State University

 Kerry S. Kleyman, Metropolitan State University

 Shenan Kroupa, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

 Julie Lazzara, Paradise Valley Community College

 Rocio Rivadeneyra, Illinois State University