Mitch Resnick

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Dena Simmons

Educator & Founder of LiberatED; Social & Emotional Learning Advocate

Michelle Rhee

Founder of StudentsFirst & Education Reform Advocate; Former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor

ShaoLan Hsueh

Previous Tech Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur; Founder of Chineasy; Author of Four Best-Selling Books on Software

KRS-One

Rapper, Author & Activist

The Gospel of Hip Hop: The First Instrument

Dr. Jill Biden

First Lady of the United States

N.K. Jemisin

Hugo Award-Winning Speculative Fiction Writer

Marcia Chatelain

Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University & Author of "South SIde Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration"

Cathy O’Neil

Mathematician, Blogger, Data Scientist & Author of "Weapons of Math Destruction"

Sonya Curry

Educator, Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman; Mother of Stephen and Seth Curry

Fierce Love: A Memoir of Family, Faith, and Purpose

Glenn Singleton

Author, Activist, Educator, Founder of "Courageous Conversation"

Wade King

Director of Curriculum and Instruction and teacher at The Ron Clark Academy, and co-author of The Wild Card.