Joye Hardiman is a nationally known scholar, educator, storyteller and consultant. She is currently the Executive Director of The Evergreen State College's urban campus in Tacoma, Washington. She has over 25 years of experience as an engaged and reflective practitioner of Learning Community Excellence and Higher Education Reform. She has been a core facilitator, fellow, and resource faculty for the Washington State Community College Minority Student Success Project, the Washington Center/Ford Foundation Cultural Pluralism Summer Institutes, and the PEW Foundation Learning Communities Dissemination Project.