This week's guest is Cedric Scott who is the founder and creative behind ancient baby brand. Cedric was and continues to be an educator, and he is also a writer, poet, chemist and entrepreneur as well as a husband and father.    His brand is at the corner of wisdom and innovation focusing on education, self-care and lifestyle.    Cedric and I talk about:    How he transformed what his students were learning about Black history by creating Melanated Mathematics - math content in the context of black history and culture.    His brand Ancient Baby brand and how he developed his brand from grooming products to textbooks.    The importance of legacy in everything he does,    The various collaborations he has had with other Black creatives and business folks throughout his career,   His writing and how poetry was the gateway into other forms of writing.   His creative process and so much more.   You can check out season 1 and other season 2 guests of Writing Black Joy over on https://www.writingblackjoy.com/   If you want to support us you can join our Patreon community over at https://www.patreon.com/safiyarobinson   You can find Cedric at https://ancientbabybrand.com/   You can follow Cedric on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ancientbabybrand/   You can follow me on Instagram on https://www.instagram.com/safiyarobinson77/   If you want to know about working with me, go over to https://www.safiyarobinson.com/