About Us

Dr. Henderson embodies the DNA of the women, Black and Indigenized-bodied ancestors, and freedom imagineers before her. She began to facilitate transformative learning experiences in an early career as a middle school science teacher before transitioning in higher education institutions and then the nonprofit sector. 

• She has more than two decades of experience developing new programs for youth and adult learners that center culturally responsive and affirming learning, foster power building, and personal transformation. 

• She is an award winning leader in community-engaged initiatives that centers community members as ideators, co-drivers, creators, and narrative changemakers. 
  • K-12 Schools, Nonprofits, and Community-Based Organizations

• She is an author of more than 50 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, op-eds and commentaries. 
  • Her commentaries and op-eds have appeared in American Psychological Association Learning Curve, American Evaluation Association 365Blog, Psychology Today, News & Observer, Winston-Salem Journal, and with New American Press

• She has secured more than $15 million across interdisciplinary and cross-functional teams in grant funding at the federal and foundational level. 

• She has mentored and coached more than 100 young and middle-career professionals who hold diverse intersecting identities. 

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