KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Columbia University; Author Known for "At Night We Walk in Circles" & "Lost City Radio"

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Activist

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

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

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Poet, Educator, Actor & Community Organizer

Expert on Race, Immigration & Mass Incarceration; Professor of History, African American Studies, and Urban Planning at UCLA

Award-Winning Author, Pilot, Scientist & Engineering Professor at the University of Washington

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

2022 Lambda Literary Award Winner, Comedian, Writer, Actor & Author of The Best-Selling Memoir "The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I've Had)"

Writer, Poet & Educator; Co-Founder of Spoken Literature Art Movement

Writer, Editor & Author of "The Power of Strangers"

Editor, Author & Digital Media Consultant

Author of "The Dig"

NYT Bestselling Author of "Cemetery Boys"

Laurie Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law