Treasure Shields Redmond is a St. Louis metro based poet, speaker, diversity and inclusion coach, and social justice Educator. Her book *chop: a collection of kwansabas for Fannie Lou Hamer* (Argus house press, 2015) focuses on the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Over a 20 year educational career,  Treasure has facilitated dialogues about poetry, pedagogy, and justice. Combining her gifts (writing, coaching, and presenting) with her passion (diversity and inclusion), Treasure is able to lead strategic plan writing and facilitate beginning dialogues about race, gender, class, and ability. Presently, Treasure divides her time between being an assistant professor of English at Southwestern Illinois College and doctoral studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Treasure writes about issues of social justice on her website at www.femininepronoun.com.