Tanesha Russell Yusuf
3 min readMay 18, 2023

The end of another school year is winding down. You begin to reflect and wonder how did it go so fast? What happened? And perhaps, why am I doing this? What a year for educators, especially those in Texas. Too much politicking and too little empathy. We still aren’t sure of all the laws that will be passed, but the bottom line is that educators really want what is best for kids. That’s why we got in this business. Years like this, with the threats of book bans and more oversight, we wonder if those outside of…

Tanesha Russell Yusuf

T.R.Y. Life learner, mother, daughter, poet, teacher, rights crusader. Always on a mission.