Our Story
The Journey to Landing Places
In our professional journeys, opportunities to connect deeply about the most important questions and challenges are few and far between. They are usually treated as afterthoughts rather than essential to our professional and personal growth. White supremacy culture roots us in urgency rather than connection, coherence rather than sitting with challenging questions, and to-do lists that keep us from slowing down and checking in with ourselves and each other. In the rare moments when we have time to reflect on the complexities of our work, many of us struggle. Slowing down is not a habit we have much practice with. And yet, there are so many questions to wrestle with—questions about who we are, how we show up, and how our actions affect our communities. We need time and collective processes to explore these questions. How might our communities shift if we created and attended to practices of slowing down and landing together?
To land requires courage, courage to do something different when everything around us moves so fast. Our work at Landing Places makes space for curiosity, compassion (for ourselves and others), and truth-telling.
To grow and transform, we must land.
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Liza Gleason
Liza is a facilitator, writer, and co-weaver of depth conversations. With over 25 years in education, she now works at the edges—where discomfort, complexity, and transformation meet. Her practice centers the power of dialogue and storytelling as tools for collective sense-making, especially in times when simple answers no longer serve.
Liza creates spaces where people can gather across difference, sit with uncertainty, and explore the paradoxes that shape our personal and collective lives. Her approach is relational, compassionate, and rooted in a belief that true change begins when we’re willing to be altered by what we don’t yet understand.
While she continues to support white-identifying individuals in examining the role of whiteness in their lives, her broader commitment is to cultivating shared capacity for holding complexity—with courage, humility, and care.
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Quincy Davis
Quincy has nearly two decades of experience in education, spanning roles as a teacher, coach, and administrator in public, charter, and independent schools. Now a consultant and coach, he works with educators and nonprofit professionals to foster growth and development. With a strong foundation in culturally and linguistically responsive teaching and learning, Quincy has mentored countless educators in developing strategies to nurture people, systems, processes, and cultures. His work focuses on creating and sustaining diverse, inclusive communities rooted in mutual respect and understanding. Quincy serves on the Board of Directors for Northern California People of Color in Independent Schools. At the heart of Quincy’s approach is a commitment to validating and affirming every individual’s lived experiences.oes here
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Rob Wasielewski
Rob is an educator and consultant committed to advancing equity and justice in schools. He began his career teaching middle school, where he focused on building antiracist curriculum and strong, inclusive classroom communities rooted in trust and student voice.
Now a consultant with Landing Places, Rob partners with educators to bring their equity values into everyday practice. His work includes coaching, curriculum development, and professional learning that supports schools in creating environments where all students feel seen, valued, and empowered.
Rob has a particular passion for working with white educators. He supports them in examining their racial identity, understanding how whiteness operates in schools, and taking meaningful responsibility for change. His approach emphasizes reflection, collaboration, and the belief that equity work is ongoing, relational, and necessary.