This line reminds me of Gholnecsar E. Muhammad's article Creating Spaces for Black Adolescent Girls to “Write It Out!” She writes, "As teachers design writing pedagogy for students, we must establish a “literary presence,” or an environment in which students can share their voices and visions as they explore themselves through writing (8)". In turn, by honoring students' writing practices and giving them the time and space to write, we as educators, promote literacy that is already practiced by the students themselves. In other words, a space is created where students feel valued and a critical literacy perspective can be emphasized through multi-modal literacy.