Dr. Myrtle D. Millares is a pianist, scholar, and music educator. She teaches courses in Music and Culture and is a member of the Afrosonic Innovation Lab at University of Toronto Scarborough and a Research Associate with the Northside Hip-Hop Archive. Her participation in Hip-Hop began with b-girling, leading to experiences of community that inspire her to explore diaspora contributions to the Culture’s artforms. She is also co-founder of Climate Pledge Collective, a grassroots effort to increase awareness and action toward climate and environmental justice. Her work has been published in American Music Teacher and the Journal of Popular Music Education, and she is a guest editor of a special issue on hip-hop diaspora for the Global Hip-Hop Studies journal. Her book, Hip Hop Style and Identity in Toronto: Music Pedagogy from the Cypher has recently been published by Bloomsbury Academic—ask for it at your nearest school or public library!