Gene Diaz, Professor of Distinguished Achievement at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts is an international educator who provides faculty development and conducts arts program evaluations. As a Fulbright Scholar, she collaborated with faculty at the Universidad de Antioquia, returning to Medellin, Colombia in 2007 to conduct research on DESEARTE PAZ, an arts-based network creating a peace pedagogy for the community. She is the mother of two bi-cultural adults and three creative grandchildren.