PLI helped prepare me as a social justice leader to work effectively in urban settings with culturally and linguistically diverse learners. The PLI faculty and staff have provided me with the necessary tools to become an agent of change to dismantle/transform systems that are in place that marginalize our students, parents, and the community that we serve.

In PLI, I gained the knowledge, skills and professional networks I needed to achieve self-actualization and become the social justice leader my students and community need and deserve.