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Dave Barry

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Erin Gruwell

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N.K. Jemisin

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Mary Pope Osborne

Children's Author Known for "The Magic Tree House" Series

Johnnetta Cole

Former Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

Dr. K.L. Allen

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Mawi Asgedom

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Royel M. Johnson

Associate Professor of Education & Social Work and Co-Chair of the Rossier School of Education PhD Program at the University of Southern California

Erika Hayes James

Dean, Wharton School of Business; First Black Woman to Lead a Top MBA Program; Expert on Organizational Psychology & Executive Leadership

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Karim Abouelnaga

Founder, Practice Makes Perfect

Bob Marzano

Cofounder and CEO of Marzano Research Laboratory in Colorado

Leroy Chiao

Former Astronaut & International Space Station Commander; Commercial Space Flight Pioneer

Joanne McEachen

CEO & Founder of The Learner First

Rafe Esquith

One of America's Most Celebrated Schoolteachers

Billy Bean

Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the MLB & Author of "Going the Other Way"

Stacey Chang

Executive Director of the Design Institute for Health; Professor, Department of Medical Education at University of Texas Austin

Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D.

Award-Winning Associate Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University

Joseph Edwards

International Teaching Artist, Award Winning Actor and Playwright, Reparations Truth and Reconciliation Advocate, Growth Mindset Coach

Lilian Kikuvi

Diversity Evangelist

Jayla Jackson

Scholar, Writer, Poet, Teacher, Activist & Winner of the International Harvard Debate Competition

Gyasi Ross

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