Keisha Rembert is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Preparation at National Louis University (NLU) and a former 15+ year middle school English and History educator. Her passion for equity, social justice and youth literature coalesce in her membership and work on the National Council for Teachers of English Committee Against Racism and Bias, as a member of ALAN's Committee for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and in her service on the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center's Educator Advisory Board. In 2019, Keisha was named Illinois History Teacher of the Year as well as the 2019 National Council for Teachers of English Outstanding Middle-Level English Educator.