David M. Woodland and Jessica Hernandez met while the former was a teacher and the latter was a student at New York City's infamous Murry Bergtraum High School. Jessica is young and Black. David -- who is old enough to be Jessica's father-- is middle aged, and white. And, they are of different sexual orientations. So what do they have in common? Everything! Namely, a love of writing, reading, leading, and mentoring.
