Candra Flanagan is the Director of the Teaching and Learning unit in the Education Department at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. With a special eye towards teachers and students, she oversees the development of programming and resources which actively incorporate African American experience into the larger story of history. She has written articles for the Journal of Museum Education, Social Education from the National Council for the Social Studies, the annual themes book for National History Day, and Teaching Tolerance from the Southern Poverty Law Center. Candra is dedicated to establishing research-based, audience-appropriate K-12 initiatives for educators and students. With a B.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park and a M.Ed. from the University of Virginia, she is passionate about the intersection between formal and informal learning as well as cultivating and encouraging life-long learning in educators and students.