Richa Kumari is a Chicago-based consultant, trainer, and author specializing in leadership and diversity issues. She has coauthored a popular college textbook on leadership and writes a newspaper column on inclusive leadership.

(April is National Sexual Abuse Awareness Month. The article below is on the subject of sex education and abuse prevention)

 

One beautiful summer day, when I was in 10th grade, we walked into our classroom for our regular biology lesson and found that something strange was going on. Our Biology teacher, Ms. K, gave us a flustered grin and said there was a