Dr. Lanette Jimerson has provided strategic guidance to LDC for years, primarily working to support the quality of resources and professional learning experiences LDC provides to educators related to using student work rubrics. She is the founder and CEO of The Literate Self, and has over 20 years of experience helping equity-minded leaders bring forth their ideas through writing.

Prior to launching The Literate Self, Lanette served as a professor, researcher, and educator. Within these roles Lanette identified and implemented strategies that support adult learners in leveraging the power of their everyday literacy practices to achieve academic and finanacial success.

Lanette has facilitated writing workshops to support workforce development for non-profit organizations such as Elev8te, Aspire Public Schools, and San Francisco Unified School District. She has developed writing curriculum for U.C. Berkeley, Stanford, and University of Houston.

Lanette earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.