Garry S. Mitchell is a doctoral student at Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Stone PhD Scholar in Inequality and Wealth Concentration through the Kennedy School. Previously, he worked as a middle school teacher in New York City. His work lies at the nexus of history, sociology, and philosophy of education and aims to contribute to our understanding of education, particularly in elite settings, as a vehicle for broader social, economic, and racial uplift. Garry’s research commitment to educational justice is inextricably linked to his lifelong identity as a student and African-American male, descended from enslaved peoples in the United States, alongside his professional identity as a pedagogue.