Nastassia Subban has been an Elementary and Secondary school teacher with the Toronto District School Board over twelve years. She is currently a Seconded Faculty Member in York University’s Faculty of Education. Nastassia completed a Master of Education that focused on Africentric and Transformative learning. She was a curriculum reviewer for the Grade 11 CAS 331: History of Africa and People’s of African Descent course and also piloted the Africentric curriculum when she taught middle school. Most recently, her focus has been on creating spaces for teachers to investigate the topic of self-knowledge, and she is part of a pedagogical circle that is creating secondary curriculum for the new Halton Waldorf High School.