AYANA A. H. JAMIESON, Ph.D. is the founded the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network in 2011. She teaches courses on speculative and science fictions; mythology and modern life; and race, class, gender and leadership for the Center for Distance Learning at State University New York, Empire State College. As a lifelong resident of the Inland and San Gabriel Valleys, Ayana is currently writing a biography of Octavia E. Butler based in part on the Octavia E. Butler Archives at the Huntington library.