Ilana Garon

Ilana Garon is a writer and editor specializing in health tech and education topics. She received her BA from Barnard College, MA from City College of New York, and MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Prior to writing full time, she taught high school English in the Bronx and then was a full-time professor in the English department at Nashville State Community College. In the health tech sphere, Ilana is one of the social media managers for Prime Health CO (an innovation tank in Colorado) and a staff writer for the Sharp Index and Healthcare Scene. Her education writing has appeared in The Guardian, Education Week, Education Next, Dissent Magazine, and Huffington Post. Her nonfiction memoir, "Why Do Only White People Get Abducted by Aliens?": Teaching Lessons from the Bronx was released by Skyhorse Publishing in 2013 and re-released in 2015. Ilana is married to an active duty army officer; she and her family move regularly, but are currently stationed outside Kansas City.