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SCBWI San Francisco South Golden Gate Conference at Asilomar, March 4-5, 2016
#DBW16 Digital Book World Conference + Expo in New York City, March 7-9, 2016
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 9-10, 2016
#LA16SCBWI - The 2016 SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles, July 29-Aug 1, 2016
Brentwood School, Brentwood CA,
9th grade "Smashing Stereotypes" workshops
2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 and 2013 Diversity Day presentation on "Discovering LGBTQ History" and moderated 2015 Diversity Day panel "The Many Faces of the LGBTQ Community"
Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA, February 2013 and Feb and April 2014
8th grade Assembly "Creating Safe Space: Ending Anti-Gay (and All!) Bullying in our Culture... and at YOUR School", Smashing Stereotypes workshop, meeting with Alliance club
The California School Library Association's statewide conference, San Diego, CA. Speaker and Panel moderator. February 2014.
KidLitCon13 -"Diversity in Kid Lit: Nurture More, Blog More, Get More." and panelist on "Kidlit Blogging Roundtable: Our Past, Present and Future." Austin, TX. November 2013.
The Los Angeles Public Library's 2nd annual Teen Book Fest, Los Angeles, CA, October 2013. "Read This, I Dare You" Panelist.
#LA13SCBWI -The SCBWI Summer Conference, Los Angeles, CA, August 2013 Hosted the LGBTQ Q&A and moderated the Agents Panel, "The New World Of Children's Books"
The Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society, North Hills, CA, July 2013 "The Five Secrets To Getting Diversity To Work"
California Teachers Association GLBT Caucus meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 2013 "Discovering LGBTQ History" presentation
The 2013, 2014, and 2015 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, CA, Moderator of picture book & middle grade panels.
Palisades Charter High School, Pacific Palisades, CA, March 2013
"Creating Safe Space: Ending Anti-Gay (And All!) Bullying In Our Culture... and at YOUR School" Assemblies, meeting with Gay-Straight Alliance and LGBT Student Group
SCBWI Los Angeles' Writer's Days, San Gabriel, CA, March 2013 "Our World of Diversity and What That Means For The Characters You Create"
Archer School for Girls, Brentwood, CA, January 2013
Diversity Day "Smashing Stereotypes!" workshops for middle and high school students, meeting with GSA club
Fresno State University, Fresno, CA, January 2013
Keynote presentation at Bullying Symposium for Educators, "Smashing Stereotypes" workshop for middle school educators.
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