Sulma Arzu-Brown has over 15 years of experience working on Diversity and Inclusion. As a proud Garifuna and Afro-Latina, she authored “Bad Hair Does Not Exist/Pelo Malo No Existe” in 2014, which was written to educate her daughters day care provider on proper terminology to address hair particularly when dealing with Girls and Women of Color.

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