Linda Ellerbee

Award-Winning Journalist & Television Producer; Breast Cancer Survivor

Parul Sehgal

Parul Sehgal is an editor for The New York Times Book Review

Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo

Founders of the Racial Literacy Non-Profit CHOOSE & Authors of "Tell Me Who You Are"

Patty Wright and Kate DiMeo

Literacy Consultants & Coaches; Units of Study Staff Developers

Hilderbrand Pelzer III

Multi-Award Winning Principal, Author of "Unlocking Potential: Organizing a School Inside a Prison" & Educational Equity Champion

Tina Louise

Actress, Literacy & Academic Advocate, Best Known for her Role as Ginger Grant on 1960s TV Show "Gilligan's Island"

Nikhil Goyal

Journalist, Activist, & Author of "Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice"

Lisa Nielsen

Director of Digital Literacy & Inclusion in NYC's Education Department; Known for Award-Winning Blog "The Innovative Educator"

Steve Chiger

Director of Literacy at Uncommon Schools; Author of "Love & Literacy"

Pandemic Classroom: Dispatches from Teachers

Sonja Cherry-Paul

NYT Best-Selling Adapter of "Stamped (For Kids)" & Founder of Red Clay Educators

Edwin De La Rosa

Ph.D. Student, Youth Empowerment Speaker, Motivational Speaker on DEI

Jennifer Serravallo

Author & Literacy Consultant

Bryan Collier

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Best Known for "Uptown"

Kate DiMeo and Laura Schiller

Literacy Consultants & Coaches; Units of Study Staff Developers

Ssanyu Lukoma

Entrepreneur, Author & Founder of Brown Kids Read

Jon Scieszka

Children's Writer; Best Known for Picture Books Created with the Illustrator Lane Smith

Jonathan Friedman

Director, Free Expression and Education Programs