Tonya is the Coordinator for the Up County Early Learning Center, Montgomery County Public Schools. She supports preschool teachers in the use of culturally responsive teaching practices and making learning accessible to children who require specialized instruction in a variety of preschool settings. She is a Maryland Pyramid Model Master Cadre member, supporting the implementation of the Pyramid Model Framework, an approach that integrates culturally responsive practices to promote social-emotional learning in young children. Mrs. Williams-Walker, a speech pathologist and assistive technology consultant, is also an adjunct professor in the Hearing and Speech Sciences Department at the University of Maryland at College Park, where she teaches the graduate course in Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Speech and Language Development in Children as part of the Hearing and Speech Sciences in the Evening (HESPIE) program.