KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Journalist, TV Host, Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue & Maternal Health Advocate

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Award-Winning Poet, Essayist, & Memoirist; Known for "The Liars' Club"; Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse University

Actress Known for "Jane the Virgin" & "Encanto"; Immigration Reform Advocate & Ambassador for the Immigration Resource Center

NYT Best-Selling Author of "All the Single Ladies"

Bestselling Author, Creative Writing Instructor, Award-Winning Novelist

Award-Winning Author, Humorist and NPR Commentator

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

Humanitarian, Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur

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

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"; Authority in Historical Fiction

Author of the Bestselling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series; Creator of "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Television Series

TV Comedy Writer, Co-Host of Sirius XM’s “Entertaining Truth” & Unlikely Catholic Convert

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Writer, Comedian & Digital Content Creator; Author of "That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You"

Award-Winning Filmmaker & Cultural Critic; Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Golden Globe Award-Winning Actress, Producer, Director & Humanitarian

Emmy-Nominated Actress, Writer, Director & Producer; Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"

Emmy Award-Winning Comedian & Former Cast Member of "Saturday Night Live" Known for "Ghostbusters" & "Barbie"