LM Preston is an author of Homeschooling and Working While Shaping Amazing Learners (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RQ3MZKV/) , an engineer, former college professor, and working mother who's been married for over twenty-five years. She has homeschooled 3 of her 4 children from elementary school and beyond while she and her husband worked outside their home. Three of her kids graduated with degrees by the age of 17 years old. In addition, she is a published author and coach in doing 'College The Radical Way'. Her blog: http://homeschoolandwork.blogspot.com/ details her homeschooling while working journey. Her coaching services and courses are available on her website http://www.EmpoweredSteps.com.

Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES) is a research and education group committed to documenting the lived experiences of Black homeschooling families. BFHES was founded by Dr. Cheryl Fields- Smith and Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman. Dr. Fields-Smith and Dr. Ali-Coleman are co-editors of the forthcoming book Homeschooling Black Children in the United States: An examination of homeschooling in practice, theory and popular culture. Learn more about us at http://www.blackfamilyhomeschooling.org