Logan is an Educational Consultant with CORE and a Ph.D. student at UC Irvine in the School of Education. Logan holds a B.S. in Psychology (Child Development) and an M.Ed. in Instruction and Curricular Design. Mac’s interests include Black excellence pedagogy, African American literary societies, AAE-informed literacy instruction, Black schooling and learning practices, and shifting the narrative on who gets to identify as a reader in this country. Mac has launched several initiatives to promote this shift after leaving the classroom in 2020, such as opening a homeschool for Black students, virtual tutoring, and designing curricular materials for families and school districts. Mac has been working in the Language Variation and Academic Success Lab (LVAS) at UCI under Dr. Julie Washington.