Ever sat in history class and felt like there was something missing from what you were learning? Grace did too. In a talk about how knowledge has consistently excluded minorities to keep a narrative of privilege, she reexamines our idea of experts as “people with lots of degrees” and shows us the wealth of perspectives that history, as we know it, has missed out on by deliberately excluding them. I have been an educator in Mexico City for the past 9 years, prior to which I was an instructor of Art, Design, Humanities, and Life skills courses at Ventura County Probation Agency where I taught incarcerated youth in Oxnard, California. I studied my Undergraduate degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder where I majored in Ethnic Studies and Studio Art. My focus in Undergrad was on Native American Contemporary History, Drawing, and Digital Media. I have a Masters Degree in Secondary Education from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (International program) and also studied Drawing and Painting at Academia de San Carlos (UNAM), in Mexico City. Before working in traditional educational settings, I worked at Direct Relief (International Humanitarian Aid/Health NGO), in the food and beverage industry, and as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. I am originally from California (Santa Barbara and Palo Alto) but have lived in Mexico City for the past 13 years. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx