Paulo Freire, author of Pedagogy of the Oppressed, defines critical consciousness as the ability to intervene in reality as a means to change it, with a focus on equity and social justice.  Unfortunately, for students belonging to Black, Indigenous, Communities of Color, this has never been the reality in a school system that has continuously marginalized them in the U.S. classroom.  A critical consciousness journey begins with testimonio work.  By understanding what privilege we carry, what biases we have, how we exist and function in the world,…