Afrocentric Montessori

Community partnerships & schools are always better together! Here is one way we engage families and community businesses at Ancestors’ Seeds.

This is second time in space with us and her energy + her delicious coffee makes it a no-brainer to share space with her!

If you are looking for a way to have families and community members gather, Tiffany, is your person! She sets up and breaks down without having you skip a beat!

If you do anything with community, she is worth a follow, a tag, and definitely a DM!

Looking forward to working with for our next community hangout in May!

I’m constantly thinking about the question “what if our schools were more than a school?”

What if our grounds served as a living institution — a cultural anchor, a professional hub for practitioners, a healing space, and a learning destination for teachers, professors, policy makers, college students, etc.

What if the families, educators, practitioners, and community members who believe in an expansive education had a place to gather, grow, and thrive together?

This is the work that I am tinkering with in the background. The thing that keeps my mind open with too many tabs. The idea that blends early mornings and late nights together.

Actively working on transforming a Montessori school into a third space — a community institution that generates impact and sustainability along side children. This is not new and it is possible.

If you are interested how progressive schools can be more than stand alone spaces, let’s chat!

My next post will be about our school visit to —the intention is to not only connect with community businesses for the school but it is to build relationships so that the surrounding community can learn and come together at Ancestors’ Seeds.

Registration for Ancestors’ Seeds Montessori School’s summer camp is open!

This year’s theme, How Do We Know A Place?: A 7-Week Journey Through the Eyes of Black Artists & Thinkers, poses two vital questions: What makes a place? and How do we belong to it? We provide the map, then follow the children as they discover their own answers.

Together, we’ll explore the heartbeat of belonging through the eyes of four legendary Black artists and wisdom keepers:

🎞️ Gordon Parks — who taught us that a camera is an act of seeing, and that beauty lives everywhere if you slow down enough to find it.

🎶 The Gullah Geechee Wisdom Keepers — whose unbroken connection to land, story, and foodways are powerful demonstrations of cultural belonging.

🪨 Augusta Savage — who pressed her hands into clay and pulled out something that told the truth about what it means to be Black and gifted and alive in America.

🎨 Jacob Lawrence — who painted community not as background, but as the main character. Who showed us that when people gather, work, and care for each other, they are making something sacred.

We would love to welcome your child into this summer’s community as we discover what it truly means to belong. Click the link in my bio to learn more and start the application process.

I’m thrilled to be presenting at the FREE Seed Teacher Summit, March 10–12! 🎉

This 3-day virtual event features 19 expert-led workshops packed with actionable tools for educators.

You’ll gain strategies to:
✨ Foster calm in your classroom
✨ Confidently address disruptive behaviors
✨ Respond to hurtful comments and navigate conflict
✨ Promote equity, inclusion and open-mindedness

Register for free at the link in my bio!

It’s Montessori Education Week (February 23-27) and how else to celebrate than with Black collaboration and community!

will be in space with coffee and there will be tea offerings by yours truly!

Let’s be in conversation about the beauty and power of Pro-Black education within a Montessori space.

Come experience the beauty of Montessori on Thursday, February 26 from 9-11 am.

To RSVP, send me a DM!

This is at the heart of the work I do. When I say I am a pro-Black educator and I create and co-create pro-Black schools, this is the work.

What does it actually take to build a school rooted in liberation — and keep its doors open?

Wednesday, I’m joining Joseph-Emery Kouaho, Ph.D., Senior Policy & Research Associate , for an Instagram Live conversation on commercial affordability — a topic that sits at the intersection of education, economic development, and community investment.

As the founder of Ancestors’ Seeds Montessori School and co-founder of Gather Forest School, I’ve experienced firsthand the tension between building mission-driven institutions and navigating the realities of commercial real estate, funding gaps, and sustainable growth. This conversation will explore the challenges educators and community builders face when trying to move from vision to viable space — and what tools, resources, and policy shifts are needed to support that journey.

During Black History Month, it feels especially important to talk not just about the legacy we’ve inherited, but the legacy we’re actively building — and the infrastructure required to sustain it.

The details:
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
2:30 PM EST
Instagram Live via

I’d love for educators, entrepreneurs, policy advocates, and anyone invested in equitable community development to join us.

We are in some times. For us Black folk…this is not new but it may feel that way to some especially when we have children to raise, lead, and teach.

I have compiled and organized various book list and best practices (citations included) dealing with these issues for children 3 years old - adults.

If you are dealing with the constant presence of ICE or looking for ways to teach about what is happening in the world right now in regards to immigration, deportation, and family separation as well as to humanize the lives of those who are immigrants in this country—-this resource is for you!

Link is in my bio! This is a community living document so more resources will be added the more it is used. If you see something that should be added please let me know ❤️.

Join us for our second community monthly herbalism class with

Winter is a season of rest, restoration, and deep nourishment. In this herbal workshop, participants will explore traditional and modern herbal allies that support the body during the colder months. We’ll focus on herbs that help strengthen immunity, soothe respiratory systems, support digestion, promote circulation, and provide warming, grounding energy when we need it most.

Participants will learn about a variety of winter-friendly herbs, including roots, barks, berries, seeds, and evergreen plants that are traditionally used to maintain health through cold weather. The workshop will cover basic herbal actions, preparation methods (teas, decoctions, syrups, infused honey, and tinctures), safety considerations, and simple ways to incorporate herbs into daily winter routines.

This class emphasizes seasonal living working with nature’s rhythms to support resilience, rest, and vitality. Whether you are new to herbalism or looking to deepen your seasonal practice, this workshop offers practical knowledge, sensory engagement, and empowering tools to care for yourself and your community throughout the winter months.

Participants will leave with:

1. An understanding of key winter herbs and their uses

2. Practical preparation techniques for home use

3. Confidence in choosing herbs for immune, respiratory, and warming support

4. A deeper connection to seasonal herbal wellness

RSVP FORM is in my bio.

Link and resource list will be provided with ticket purchase.

Can’t make it? The recording will be available!

Habari Gani

Imani (Faith)

Candle Lighting Meditation for Day 7 of Kwanzaa:

My faith helps me remember that I am not alone.

As we light the final candle, we embrace faith’s sustaining power. This by far is my favorite principle and the one that I wrestle with daily. I love talking about faith, resting in my faith and making bold moves because of my faith. This picture taken by at our Kwanzaa event with today.

I woke up this morning feeling overwhelmed because the needs of the community is greater than what’s in the bank account but Imani reminds me that I don’t have to figure it out alone or even do it alone.

Spending today in community with people who not only get it but is willing to pour into this belief that Black children and Black families should have access to beautiful holistic and academic spaces was the best way to begin 2026.

And for that Im grateful.