Alicia Herrera is Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Development in the College of Education at California State University, Sacramento, USA. Her research examines ethnic¿racial identity development within educational contexts, focusing on how educators understand their mediating roles in these Bringing Antiracism into Focus: Using Transformative Lenses to Reframe Professional Practice processes. As a qualitative researcher and teacher educator, she explores positionality, racial literacy, and the development of critical consciousness in professional settings. Her work supports antiracist developmental theory in practice.

Kevin Ferreira van Leer is Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Connecticut. As an action researcher, he examines the sociocultural and policy contexts that promote positive development and liberation for Latine immigrants and their families. He largely utilizes community¿engaged research, collaborating directly with immigrant communities to develop research projects around their concerns, build their capacity to conduct research themselves, and share findings for positive change.

Samantha Blackburn is Director of the Community Engagement Center at California State University, Sacramento. She received her PhD in Nursing Science and Health¿Care Leadership from the University of California, Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. Her current research interests are school health program administration, interdisciplinary education, and experiential learning.