Aarti Shahani

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

Alexandra Hudson

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

Amber Rae

Inspirational Speaker, Creative Artist & Best-selling Author

B Janet Hibbs and Anthony Rostain

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

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

Gene Luen Yang

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

Hector Tobar

Pulitzer Prize Winner, Journalist & Best-Selling Author of "Deep Down Dark"

Irshad Manji

Founder of The Moral Courage Project, Author of "Allah, Liberty and Love" & "The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith"

James Forman Jr.

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

John Scalzi

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

Julia Angwin

Journalist, Author

Julie Lythcott-Haims

Former Dean at Stanford University & Bestselling Author of "How to Raise an Adult"

Karen Hesse

Newbery Medal Winning Author of "Out of the Dust", MacArthur Fellowship "Genius" Award Winner, Children's & Young Adult Author

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"

Louise Penny

Canadian Journalist & Author of Mystery Novels

Marc Brackett

Director at Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Marissa Meyer

New York Times Bestselling Author of "The Lunar Chronicles"

Mark Siegel

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