because that's how we know that we can help to fix some of this, i know that we had to have some regression. >> reporter: the job can be a challenge in the current environment, price says. after one missouri school district hired her to lead a session, the school board got threats. >> i had a driver and asked for extra security, of which they obliged because they had -- i mean they were the ones getting the threats. they weren't coming to me directly. >> you felt you needed some security to be safe? >> i was actually going to the school to give a keynote presentation. the title was radical empathy. >> you had to get security to give a speech about empathy? >> yes. >> reporter: this school district isn't the only one facing these issues. in iowa this summer, the governor signed a law strictly dictating what teachers can tell students about race and america. >> we've banned critical race theory and any curriculum or any training that teaches that the united states or iowa is fundamentally racist or sexist.