As a student, LaNika Barnes didn’t see herself represented in what she was learning in school, something she’s working to rectify as a high school science teacher.
“My goal is to always be able to help ensure that other students, no matter their background, don't go through the same type of non-representative conversations and educational experiences that I faced,” said Barnes, a Black woman whose mother’s family was part of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe in North Carolina.
Barnes is part of a team of ...