Kimberlé Crenshaw is a renowned legal scholar and activist, best known for developing the concept of intersectionality and her contributions to Critical Race Theory. She is a professor at UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, and also the co-founder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum (AAPF). Her work focuses on civil rights, Black feminist legal theory, and the intersection of race, gender, and other social identities in the context of discrimination and inequality.