KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Journalist & Bestselling Author

Award-winning Author of "From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl In Revolutionary Iran"; Op-Ed Columnist; Farsi/English Translator for the National Immigrant Justice Center

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)

Saudi Women's Rights Advocate & Author of "Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening"

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

Best-Selling Young-Adult Novelist Known for "The Hate U Give"

Long-Distance Hiker & Author; Overall Record Holder on the Appalachian Trail & The First Woman to Set That Mark

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Iranian Visual Artist; Focuses on Social, Cultural & Religious Codes of Muslim Societies

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

Civil Rights Activist, Co-Founder of MPOWER Change, Women’s March Leader

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

Syrian-American Muslim Storytelling Activist & Poet

International Keynote Speaker, Global Leadership Consultant, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Influencer

Author & Creative Writing Professor; Best Known for "Tampa" & "Made for Love"

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

Bestselling & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist & Short Story Writer

Author of the #1 NY Times Best-Selling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series

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

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board