Ileana Jimenez (New York, NY): Ileana Jimenez is an educator and activist for inclusive curriculum and diversity programming. In 2006, she founded the New York Independent Schools LGBT Educator Network and serves as the board Vice Chair and Secretary of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. Jimenez also chairs the planning committee for the 2010 Women of Color Conference at Smith College, and serves as a judge for the Lambda Literary Awards, one of the nation’s premier LGBT book awards. Currently a teacher at the Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School (LREI) in New York City, Jimenez offers courses on feminism, Latina/o literature, LGBT literature and film, and memoir writing. Jimenez received her MA in English Literature at Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English and her BA in English Literature at Smith College.