Latesha Dickerson (she/her) is an independent filmmaker currently working on her first documentary project Teaching While Black, which explores the lives of Black teachers in Chicago’s public schools. She is a Kartemquin Films’ 2017 Diverse Voices in Docs Fellow and a Kartemquin Films’ 2019 Diverse Voices Accelerator Fund and Emerging Storyteller Fund grantee. She served as an impact coordinator for the short documentary ‘63 Boycott (Kartemquin Films). Latesha is a former educator with over twenty years of experience working in and with Chicago’s public schools. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Chicago State University and a Master’s of Education in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.