Kierra is joined in this episode by Erika Wood, Psy.D., Hiral Vekaria, Ed.S., and Byron McClure, Ed.D. in a discussion on when and how to facilitate crucial conversations. 

Hiral Vekaria, Ed.S., NCSP is a School Psychologist for Montgomery County Public Schools and the MTSS Consultant for Wake County Public Schools in Raleigh, North Carolina. She won the 2019 NASP Presidential Award.

Erika Wood, Psy.D., NCSP is a School Psychologist for Baltimore County Public Schools. She was awarded the 2015 Maryland School Psychologist of the Year Award. She currently chairs the Professional Standards Committee for Maryland School Psychologists Association. She is also an adjunct professor at Bowie State University.

Byron McClure, Ed.D. is a School Psychologist in DC Public Schools, the Founder of Big Five Tech and Lessons for SEL. Dr. McClure's doctoral dissertation was an investigation of CASEL programs with minority students from high-poverty communities. Through this research, he was inspired to launch Lessons for SEL.