KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Best-Selling Author Known for the "Goosebumps" Series

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

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

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Children's Book Author; Creator of "Arthur"; Advote for Children's Literacy

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

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

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

Motivational Speaker; Author of "Lizzie Beautiful" & "Be Beautiful, Be You;" Once Labeled "The World's Ugliest Woman"

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

Chief Advocacy Officer of RAICES & DREAMer

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; 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

Latina Tech Venture Capitalist; Sales Expert; GP at Ganas Ventures; Advocate for Diversity in Tech

Aerospace Engineer & Former NASA Rocket Scientist