Growing up as Generation X in the Rural south was a true feat.   By 1974, when I started my kindegarten year, my generation would be the first generation to go from K through 12 in an integrated school system.   It would, also, be the first time our schools would have an integrated teaching corps.   Many of the older black and white teachers taught in segregated classrooms.   As a result of living in a 'Jim Crow' society, many black teachers had to serve as both teachers, protectors, and guides for future generations who would have to deal with the harsh realities many black faced.  Despite the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Fair Housing Act of 1968, many communities were still resistant to the change to a more inclusive, integrated multicultural society.   As such, many of the black teachers continued practicing a proactive form of teaching, protecting and nourishing.   In 1984, I had the opportunity to be taught and mentored by one such teacher, my biology teacher, Ms. Whatley.  

Listen as I share how my experiences with Ms. Whatley would lay the foundation for my love of the sciences and how that foundation would shape my success.

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