Maryanne Wolf is an advocate for children and literacy around the world. She directs UCLA’s Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice in the School of Education and Information Studies.

The former John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service and Director of Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts University, she is the author of over 160 publications and books including: "Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain" (2007); "Dyslexia, Fluency, and the Brain" (2001); "Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century" (2016); and "Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World" (2018).

She has received the highest honors from the International Dyslexia Association and multiple other dyslexia and reading organizations. She is a permanent academician in the Pontifical Academy of Science. Most recently she was made an Honorary Advisory Fellow of the United Sigma Intelligence Association.

Literacy, Dyslexia, Disability, Learning Disabilities, Social Justice, Teacher, Professors, Authors, Non-Fiction Authors, Literary, Culture Social Activism, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Education,