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

C.J. Box

New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Joe Pickett Series & The Stand Alone Series

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

Hector Tobar

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

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

Louise Penny

Canadian Journalist & Author of Mystery Novels

Melissa Fleming

Head, Communications and Public Information Service Spokesperson for the High Commissioner, UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Julie Lythcott-Haims

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

Damon Tweedy

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

Rainbow Rowell

Author Known for "Landline," "Attachments," "Fangirl," "Eleanor & Park" & "Carry On"

B Janet Hibbs and Anthony Rostain

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