Lanette Jimerson, founder and CEO of The Literate Self, has over 30 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 financial success.

Lanette has facilitated writing workshops to support workforce development for corporate and non-profit organizations such as Cook Biotech, Elev8te, Aspire Public Schools, and San Francisco Unified School District. She has developed curriculum for U.C. Berkeley, The Literacy Design Collaborative, and Hidden Genius Project. To support nonprofit development, Dr. Jimerson has written over $3 million worth of successful grant proposals.

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