Monique Galpin joins the IWP after a decade of administrative services with the Carver College of Medicine, where she worked in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and coordinated the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP), a pathway program for underrepresented undergraduate students.  She is a longtime member of the UI African American Council, and has been involved in community boards including FilmScene and Sankofa Outreach Connection. Her current favorite literary pursuit is helping her little one through the '1,000 Books Before Kindergarten' challenge with Iowa City Public Library.