Today we are taking the time to celebrate the journey of the emerging Cultural Proficiency Network of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA), the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Equity Committee, and the LAUSD Professional Learning and Leadership Development Branch (PLLD) collaborated to address one of the most persistent and important challenges in American urban education: true access and equity for historically underserved populations. The collaborative began with some essential assumptions.