Shawn Ginwright is the Jerome T. Murphy Professor of Practice at Harvard Graduate School of Education, where his work focuses on trauma, healing, and empowering African American youth. With an acute focus on the challenges faced by urban youth in navigating poverty and striving for equality and justice, and his introduction of the concept of "healing-centered engagement," Ginwright's research has been instrumental in reshaping the discourse surrounding youth development. Ginwright is also the co-founder and former chief executive officer of Flourish Agenda, Inc., a research lab and consulting firm dedicated to unlocking the power of healing and empowering youth of color, as well as their adult allies, to drive transformative change in their schools and communities. He is the author of The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves, Hope and Healing in Urban Education: How Urban Activists and Teachers Are Reclaiming Matters of the Heart, among other books.