Culturally responsive pedagogy is an approach to teaching that seeks to uplift and engage learners by including them in their learning. Dr. Geneva Gay defines culturally responsive teaching as that which “filters curriculum content and teaching strategies through [students'] cultural frames of reference.” This means including our students’ lived realities and literacies (art, stories, family, music, ways of knowing), and models of kinship and care in the classroom. Educators must listen to what young people value and how they make meaning, while also directing them to make and deepen connections to the world around them through rich learning experiences that bring that world alive.