How a mom became an education firebrand

Petronila Fernandes became an activist when administrators at her son's school didn't respond to her letters expressing concern about the safety of school lunches. She formed alliances with other advocates for kids, and is working towards creating a system for parents enter into dialogue with school leaders. "Galicia says it takes a lot of preparation to empower parents to break through a culture of conformity when it comes to engaging with the school district. 'A lot of the parents we work with, they don’t know how to get better classrooms, better teachers, an improved school- so they take it as it is.'" Read more about one mom's fight to make schools accountable to parents, on Richmond Pulse.