DEIB Leadership
Affinity Groups
Affinity groups at Wildwood have long served as intentional spaces for individuals with shared racial or cultural identities to reflect, build community, and process lived experience. These groups have been central to the school’s DEIB efforts for over a decade, offering students, families, and employees space for connection, support, and honest dialogue.
I advised the high school BIPOC Student Affinity Group, where I selected and coached student leaders to facilitate peer-led sessions and plan off-campus retreats designed to deepen relationships and foster belonging. I also led the BIPOC Faculty/Staff Affinity Group and the Parents of Students of Color group—each with distinct rhythms and goals. For parents, gatherings focused on information sharing and facilitated conversation, often blending parent education with small group connection. Faculty sessions initially functioned as responsive spaces to navigate workplace and world events, but evolved under my leadership to include a developing mentorship program where veteran faculty supported new employees through their first years.
Professional development
As part of the DEIB Leadership Team, I was responsible for designing and facilitating monthly professional development sessions for faculty, focusing on topics that addressed both personal identity and systemic impact. Sessions explored subjects such as microaggressions, hypervisibility, neurodiversity in multicultural contexts, identity-connected crisis response, and inclusive curriculum design. I also led Contemporary Multicultural Issues (CMI) sessions for community members not involved in affinity spaces—ensuring the learning extended across the full faculty. My role extended beyond facilitation; I served as a point person for faculty navigating complex questions or identity-related concerns. Trained in frameworks like Visions and Courageous Conversations, I helped integrate these approaches into the school’s practices—supporting a shift toward more reflective, equity-informed professional culture.
DEIB Leadership Team
As a member of Wildwood’s K–12 DEIB Leadership Team, I worked at both the institutional and divisional levels to shape strategy, align initiatives, and ensure equity efforts operated in concert across the school. At the middle school level, I served as the administrator representative on the divisional DEIB team—collaborating on advisory curriculum, professional development planning, and student experiences such as the BIPOC Retreat and Multicultural Symposium. One of our most effective contributions was the design and delivery of professional development for middle school faculty, which was later adopted by other divisions as a model for DEIB-aligned instruction. At the K–12 level, the leadership team focused on long-range planning, identity-focused systems work, and building a coherent DEIB scope and sequence to guide the school’s evolving commitments.
