KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aerospace Engineer & Former NASA Rocket Scientist; Comedian, Actor, Emcee, Writer, and Producer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pulitzer Prize Winner, Journalist & Best-Selling Author of "Deep Down Dark"

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