Ilene Evans is the artistic director of Voices From the Earth, Inc., an educational touring theater company that uses storytelling and theater to promote social justice.

After receiving her B.A. from Trinity College in Deerfield, Illinois, Ms. Evans completed her Master’s Degree at East Tennessee State University in the department of Education with an emphasis in Storytelling.

She has spent the last 20 years as the artistic director of Voices From the Earth, an educational touring theater company that uses storytelling and theater to promote social justice.

In 2009, Ilene was selected by the United States Embassy to tour Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Columbia to share her work in the history and culture of African Americans through arts education, literature, and music.