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Internationally Recognized Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

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World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

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Jamie Lee Curtis

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Activist, Author; Best Known For Her Roles in "Halloween," "Freaky Friday" & "Everything Everywhere All At Once"

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Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.

Behavioral Scientist & Best-Selling Author

Nicole Jain

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

Jennifer Daniels

Singer-Songwriter; Learning Advocate; Runs "Songwriting IS Writing" Project For Schools

Ashley Michelle Berry

Anti-Bullying Advocate, Actress, TV & Radio Host

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Jodee Blanco

Bullying Expert & Activist; Author of "Please Stop Laughing at Me"

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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Laura Numeroff

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

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Aija Mayrock

Activist, Poet, Performer & Bestselling Author of "The Survival Guide to Bullying"

Simon Lovell

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

Sharon Creech

Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British Carnegie.

Lois Lowry

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

Nancy Alspaugh-Jackson

Executive Director of Autism Care Today!

Cynthia Lowen

Filmmaker of Bully & Poet

Lizzie Velasquez

Motivational Speaker; Author of "Lizzie Beautiful" & "Be Beautiful, Be You;" Once Labeled "The World's Ugliest Woman"

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

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Meg Tilly

Award-Winning Actress & Author

Claire and Mia Fontaine

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Tonya Lewis Lee

Author, Producer, Filmmaker & Entrepreneur; Women's Health Activist

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Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Linda Ellerbee

Award-Winning Journalist & Television Producer; Breast Cancer Survivor

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

Jason Tharp

Inspirational Speaker, Brain Cancer Survivor, Author & Illustrator, Entrepreneur, Patient Advocate, Breaker of Impossible!

Valerie Wilson Wesley

Award Winning Mystery & Romance Author

N.K. Jemisin

Hugo Award-Winning Speculative Fiction Writer

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