For the Love of….- XAVIER HENDERSON THE TAPESTRY

Xavier Henderson, MEd, is the co-founder


and chief development officer of For Oak


Cliff, which works liberate Oak Cliff from


systemic oppression. Xavier is tied to the


neighborhood being born in raised in South


Oak Cliff and Pleasant Grove. Previously,


Xavier was a Teach For America corps


member and taught at a school on the same


street where he grew up in South Oak Cliff. He


was drawn to education because of his


experience with limited resources in his


community and as a Dallas public school


student. While teaching, Xavier got a closer


look at the barriers families faced in accessing


resources, inspiring him to co-found For Oak


Cliff. He works to ensure resources are accessible to the predominantly Black neighborhood he


grew up in and still calls home. He received a master’s in education from Southern Methodist


University and a bachelor’s in communication studies from the University of North Texas.