In her 21st year of teaching, Leslie Russell is committed to education as the practice of liberation from those oppressions, named and unnamed, that keep us from a full and freeing practice of self-actualization. She believes in what's possible, hopes eternally for what can be, knows that we will be alright. She is also a mother of four, PhD Student, family historian and genealogy researcher who believes that God has a path and a plan for us all that is working, right now, for our good.