Thelma Baxter, a retired teacher, superintendent and professor, was responsible for the turnaround of Bronx’s Theodore Roosevelt high school in 1996. Once listed as a failing school by the state department of education, it was removed from this list a few years after Baxter was hired as principal. Baxter, whose father was white and whose mother was black and Native American, says she faced discrimination as a woman of color. She is proud to vote for Hillary Clinton in this election while noting that for women of color, more challenges remain. ‘If you are a woman, you have to be better qualified. Do you think Oprah Winfrey could run for president? I don’t think so’