Linda Matsumoto
AI TEACHER ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER
Linda Matsumoto is an Asian American Activist and AAPI Inclusive History Advocate who has served multiple roles in education, including adjunct faculty member at a private college, and as a guest educator (Building Substitute) for the past decade in her local School District in Illinois. She was the first AAPI Educator to receive the prestigious Reg Weaver Human & Civil Rights Award in 2023 from the Illinois Education Association, which has 135,000 active members.