Gene Luen Yang

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

Damon Tweedy

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

Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

Writer, Creator, Entrepreneur & Business Analyst

My Side of the River: A Memoir

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"

V.E. Schwab

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

Aarti Shahani

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

Leidy Klotz

Copenhaver Associate Professor at the University of Virginia & Author

Leigh Bardugo

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

B Janet Hibbs and Anthony Rostain

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