KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide" and "Facing The Fracture: How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation"; Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

Transgender Model & Advocate; Founder of Gender Proud

Peruvian-American Explorer & Mountaineer; Author; Survivor of Sexual Violence; Founder and CEO of Courageous Girls

Novelist, Poet & Children's Book Author Known for "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"

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

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

DEI Truth Teller, HR Change Maker, Builder of Inclusive Cultures & Startup Enthusiast

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

Deputy Director of the Transgender Law Center; Transgender (Translatina) Activist; Organized First Transgender Anti-Violence Protest

Bestselling & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist & Short Story Writer

Body Positivity Speaker; Author of "Be Beautiful, Be You" & "Dare to Be Kind"; Once Labeled "The World's Ugliest Woman"

Executive Director at Seeding Justice; Racial & Social Justice Activist

Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, ACLU

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

Golden Globe Award-Winning Actress & Singer Known for "Pose"; HIV Awareness Advocate

Founder of Backstage Capital, Venture Capitalist, Tech Inclusion Activist & Host of "Your First Million" Podcast

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Author, Educator, Former Development Consultant to Intel & Levi Strauss