Thomasenia Lott Adams is a professor of mathematics education and the Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development in the College of Education at the University of Florida. She has been an active member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics for 30 years. She currently serves as an associate editor of NCTM’s journal, Mathematics Teacher: Learning & Teaching PK12. She was recently appointed to a four-year term on the US National Commission on Mathematics Instruction, a standing committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Her most recent publication is a co-authored chapter included in Girls and Women of Color in STEM: Navigating the Double Bind in K-12 Education (2020). She is also a lead author on the K-5 mathematics textbook series Go Math! (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).