Tameka O. Grimes is an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University. She received her PhD from the CACREP-accredited counseling and student personnel services, P–16 program at the University of Georgia. She received her MA in counseling from Wake Forest University and her BA in psychology and communication studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Grimes is a former middle school teacher, high school counselor, and school counseling coordinator and has worked in schools in rural, urban, and suburban districts. She conducts research and writes about professional identity construction of practicing school counselors, with a specific focus on school counselors in rural communities; the use of trauma-informed practices by rural school counselors; and, most recently, using creative counseling interventions to address racial trauma in children and adolescents. Dr. Grimes has mentored school counselors in urban and rural communities to support them in developing comprehensive school counseling programs and implementing evidence-based school counseling practices. Dr. Grimes has presented at local, national, and international conferences and has published in journals both inside and outside the counseling field.