thanks

Many thanks to Kurt, Maria, Martin, Li, and Azieb for their generosity in allowing me to interview them about their experiences.

Thanks to David Shallenberger, Marisa Alicea, and Anghesom Atsbaha from DePaul University's School for New Learning for their suggestions and support.

Thanks to my fellow graduate students in Cluster 51 at the School for New Learning for many interesting discussions on the topic of diversity.

Thanks to Karin Killian, Caroline Kisiel, Chao Cheng, Louise Rosenberg, James Marsh, Deb Salkind, and Frederick Friedman-Romell for inspiration and guidance during my exploration.