W.F. Strong

Author, Professor & Radio Personality

Percell Dugger

Co-Founder & President of Fit For Us; Founder of GOODWRK

Kojenwa Moitt

CEO at Zebra Public Relations; Marketing Consultant; Faculty at The New School

Ashley Lynn Priore

American Chess Player, Coach, Entrepreneur, Strategist, Founder & CEO of Queens Gambit & Queenside Ventures

Clyde W. Ford

Psychotherapist, Mythologist & Author of "Of Blood and Sweat"

Johanna Fernández

Historian, Activist, Abolitionist & Author of "The Young Lords: A Radical History"

Dr. Elena Mustakova

Social Scientist, Psychotherapist, Spiritual Educator & Author

James Tarantin

Entrepreneur, Author, Philosopher & Game Architect

Jonathan Perlin

President of Clinical Operations & Chief Medical Officer at HCA Healthcare

Eric Jager

Professor of English at UCLA, Literary Critic & Specialist in Medieval Literature

Glory Edim

Literary Advocate & Founder of Well-Read Black Girl

Adrienne Brodeur

Award-Winning Editor & Author; Executive Director of Aspen Words; Best Known for her Memoir "Wild Game"

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret, and Me

Scott Ellsworth

Historian, Journalist, and Author of The Secret Game

Meg Medina

Award-Winning Cuban American Children's Author

M. NourbeSe Philip

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Benjamín Alire Sáenz

Novelist, Poet & Children's Book Author Known for "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"

Elisa Donovan

Actress & Author, Best Known For "Clueless"

Sandro Galea

Physician, Epidemiologist, Author & Dean of the Boston University School of Public Health

Susan Herman

Constitutional Law Scholar; Former President of the American Civil Liberties Union

Ashley Hope Pérez

Literary Scholar, Educator & Author of "Out of Darkness"

Banned Book Author Ashley Pérez