Maati D WaffordMaati Wafford is a master's level social worker who has worked in service of others on both an international and local level. She is also a Montessori educator with over 15 years serving as an educator, Independent School Leader, and Equity and Incluion practitioner. Maati is well known for her insightful and dynamic professional development workshops and trainings she conducts, covering a variety of topics. She provides culturally-relevant support for public school start-ups, resource development, professional development and advocacy for schools in both private and public sectors across the country. She is the founder of a dynamic homeschool collective in Nashville, TN and prides herself on assisting mothers during pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum. She has gone above and beyond the standard methods of training and professional development by dedicating herself to learn and grow as much as possible. Maati facilitates courageous conversations about ways to identify, understand, and eradicate bias amongst faculty, parents, students, and school administrators to increase critical consciousness and equity in Pre K-12 classrooms. Read More Read Less