Dessynie Edwards, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.  Her research agenda includes the school district superintendency, race and gender intersectionality, mentoring and educational leadership development.  Dr. Edwards shares her more than 25 years of P-12 district and school leadership experience to inform her scholarship, cultivate P-20 scholar-practitioners and bridge P-12 and higher education.