Erika L. Sanchéz is a Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist whose work includes the #1 New York Times bestselling novel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. She is the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz chair at DePaul University in Chicago. Read more here

Lisa Bickmore is the current poet laureate of Utah. She has written three books of poetry, and she is the founder and publisher of the new independent nonprofit Lightscatter Press. Read more here

Shannon Hale is the New York Times bestselling author of over 40 books, including Newbery Honor winner Princess Academy. She and her husband live in Utah with their four children. Read more here

Erika George, J.D., is a professor of law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law and director of the Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah. Read more here

Kimberly Johnson is a poet, translator, and professor of English at BYU. She recently published her fourth collection of poems, and her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Slate, The Iowa Review, and more. Read more here

Liz Pitts (she/they) a Salt Lake City native and a long-time social justice activist and community volunteer in Utah and elsewhere. Liz served as the Utah Pride Festival Director in 2017 & 2018. Read more here

Jeanetta Williams is President of the NAACP Salt Lake Branch and Tri-State Conference of Idaho, Nevada and Utah. She is also a member of the Utah Office for Victims of Crime and is serving a second term on the Utah Advisory Committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Read more here

Jay Smith is a Senior at Park City High School, and an outspoken advocate for every student's right to read.

Bhavika Malik is a junior from Herriman High. Her work has been published in Missing Perspectives, Polyester Zine, Brown Girl Magazine, and more.