Lenora Robinson Mills

“Growing up in Richmond, Virginia and attending a variety of public schools, I witnessed the impact of institutional and systemic racism on life outcomes for kids — though I could not name or articulate it at the time. Institutionalized racism is at the core of several issues that have plagued education systems for generations. To truly create change in life outcomes and break intergenerational cycles of poverty for historically marginalized people, our education system must address the institutions, systems, beliefs and assumptions that perpetuate the status quo. More personally, as an African-American mother, wife and sister, I do this work because I believe that it must be done, and I have a personal obligation and desire to do it.”

Lenora Robinson Mills is the Chief Operating Officer at IMB Partners.