Dr. L.B. Williams is a veteran educator with over 20 years of experience. Dr. Williams has a PhD in Urban Education Leadership from Claremont Graduate University and leads Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training for schools from the elementary to the postgraduate level. She founded Black Girls Brilliance (BGB) in 2016, after her research identified a lack of resources (academic support, mental health counseling, college and career mentoring, etc) available for Black Girls in K-12 settings. BGB now operates in the U.S. and South Africa. Currently, Dr. Williams’ work is at the intersections of education, health care access and mental health, where she and a team of developers have created technological tools to address the resource gap in these areas for girls and their families. She serves on the GUSI Advisory Board, sharing her expertise on curriculum development, DEI, and POCUS in Africa.