Jeffery Heil has been an educator for the San Diego County Office of Education’s Juvenile Court and Community Schools (JCCS) for 25 years. He began his education career teaching in a self-contained high school in a homeless shelter run by Father Joe's Villages. It was during this time he developed his passion for teaching and anti-racism. It was also during this time that Jeff was able to determine the critical need for dismantling many of the existing systems in education that lead to the predictability of success as well as adversely affect many of our more vulnerable youth. He has made it his mission to educate people on how the opportunity gap adversely affects non-white students. Jeff also had the opportunity to work closely with Pacific Education Group (Courageous Conversations) for several years including speaking at one of their summits. In 2005, he applied for and was selected as a Distinguished Teacher in Residence at California State University, San Marcos where, for two years, he worked with pre-service educators teaching courses on equity and educational technology. Since returning to JCCS in 2007, he has served as an instructional technology coach, classroom teacher, adjunct professor of education, educational consultant, and a keynote speaker.