How do issues of race, class, religion, and sexual orientation live within us How does our societal conditioning shape the way educators show up in classrooms Bronx native Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz challenges educators to examine their views on the communities and students they serve. Using an archaeological approach, Sealey-Ruiz mentors educators of all backgrounds on how to do the "deep work" of excavating their personal histories and activating their racial consciousness as a precursor to theorizing about pedagogy.