Wednesday, September 28, 2022
7:30 p.m. ET

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

ALEXI LUBOMIRSKIis the author of the parenting bookPrincely Advice for a Happy Lifeand the picture bookThank You for My Dreams. He is a world-renowned fashion and celebrity photographer who has worked forVogue,Elle, andHarper’s Bazaar, among other major magazines, and who shot theofficial engagement and wedding portraitsfor Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. He lives in New York.

Photo by Stephan Alessi

CARLOS APONTEis the author-illustrator of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor BookAcross the Bay. His artwork has appeared in numerous publications, including theNew Yorker,Washington Post,New York Times,Elle, andEsquire. He is a faculty member at the Fashion Institute of Technology and lives in New Jersey.

Photo by Alexi Lubomirski

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

ANN MARIE CORGILLis a fourth and fifth grade teacher at Vestavia Hills Elementary, Cahaba Heights, Alabama, past Representative-at-Large for NCTE’s Elementary Section, and is the author ofOf Primary Importance: What’s Essential in Teaching Young Writers.Ann Marie was a national Teacher of the Year finalist and Alabama Teacher of the Year in 2015, is NBCT-certified, and received the NCTE Donald H. Graves Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Writing in 2007.