Dax-Devlon Ross

Educator, Equity Consultant & Journalist

Gabriela Garcia

Author of "Of Women and Salt"

Jeanine Cummins

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author of "American Dirt"

Thomas Frank

American Political Analyst, Historian & Journalist for Harper's Magazine

Alexandra Hudson

Founder of Civic Renaissance & Author of "The Soul of Civility"

Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

Writer, Creator, Entrepreneur & Business Analyst

My Side of the River: A Memoir

Aarti Shahani

Silicon Valley Correspondent, NPR; Founder, Families for Freedom; Author, "Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares"; Host of "Art of Power"

Ron Stallworth

Retired Police Officer & Inspiration for "BlacKkKlansman"

The Gangs of Zion: A Black Cop’s Crusade in Mormon Country

James Forman Jr.

Professor of Law at Yale Law School: Author of "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America"

Gene Luen Yang

National Ambassador for Young People's Literature & Chinese-American Graphic Novelist

Zach Anner

Award-winning Comedian, Show-Host, Owner of Travel Show, "Rollin' With Zach"

TJ Klune

NYT Bestselling Author of "In the Lives of Puppets," "Under the Whispering Door" & "The House in the Cerulean Sea"

Wolfsong

Damon Tweedy

Author of "Black Man in a White Coat, A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine"

B Janet Hibbs and Anthony Rostain

Experts on Student Mental Health, Family Relationships & Coauthors of "The Stressed Years of Their Lives"

Mark Siegel

Author, Illustrator, and Founder & Creative and Editorial Director of First Second Books

Leigh Bardugo

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the "Grisha Trilogy"

Amber Rae

Inspirational Speaker, Creative Artist & Best-selling Author

John Scalzi

Science Fiction Author, Online Writer, and Former President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

V.E. Schwab

Author Known for Novel, "Vicious," and "A Darker Shade of Magic"