Black women often feel they are not growing in the teaching profession, says Deidra Fogarty, M.Ed., founder and CEO of Black Girls Teach - based in Capitol Heights, Maryland.
“Sometimes they're feeling like they're being labeled as negative or aggressive or things like that - and not always being able to know how to navigate that,” says Fogarty. “What happens is some of them end up leaving the profession or leaving a school that they may love just because they feel like they can't show up as their authentic self.”
WorkingNation sat down with Fogarty at SXSW EDU 2024 in Austin.
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