KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Award-Winning Comedian, Writer & Actor; Author of The Best-Selling Memoir "The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I've Had)"

Bestselling & Newberry Honor Author; Known for "Echo," "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

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

Humanitarian, Children's Rights Advocate, Journalist & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Leadership Development & Empowerment Speaker; Customer Experience Expert; Founder & President of the Latina Leadership Collective; Author of Bilingual Children's Books

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "Red, White & Royal Blue"

Motivational Business Transformation Speaker; Team Building Coach; Empowerment Speaker on Mindset & Mindfulness; Author of "Without A Voice: A Woman's Journey to Resiliency"

Six-Time Emmy Award Winner; Children's Book Author & Creator of the "Arthur" Book & PBS TV Series; Advocate for Children's Literacy

President & CEO of the Opportunity Institute; Former U.S. Presidential Advisor to Bill Clinton; Co-Founder of Nueva Vista Group

Peruvian-American Explorer & Mountaineer; Founder and CEO of Courageous Girls; Author of "In the Shadow of the Mountain"

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Activist

Contemporary Crime & Supernatural Fiction Author, Known for "The Ridge" & "An Honest Man"

Multicultural Marketing Expert, Business Speaker & Author

New York Times Best Selling Author, Award-Winning Children's Musician & Original Author of the "Pete the Cat" Series

Latina Founder & Executive Director of L.O.V.E. Mentoring; Social Entrepreneur & Changemaker

Latina Anti-Trafficking Expert & Human Rights Activist; Mother Teresa Award Winner

Best-Selling Author of the "Goosebumps" Series; Emmy-Award Winning TV Show & Film Producer

Community Organizer; Journalist; Political Activist & President, Founder of Know Thy Self Productions

Poet, Educator, Actor & Community Organizer