Marty Swaim, co-founder of Challenging Racism, is a retired public school social studies teacher and forty-year Arlington resident, with a BA in Government from Oberlin College, an MA in American History from Howard University, a former elected member of the DC School Board from Ward 6, a two-time President of the Arlington Education Association, a National Writing Project consultant and a trained Results Based Facilitator. Her writings include:
Teacher Time, on teacher workloads, class and school size, school organization, co-authored with her husband, economist Stephen Swaim, 1999, Gaining on the Gap: Changing Hearts, Minds and Practice co-authored with Dr. Rob Smith, former Arlington Public Schools Superintendent and 4 colleagues, 2011, and Challenging Racism: Learning How through Stories and Conversation, both a participant workbook and a facilitator handbook, 2016.