Loreta Velazquez

Loreta Velazquez published her memoirs in 1876. She served the Confederacy as Lt. Harry Buford, a self-financed soldier not officially attached to any regiment.

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Lucinda Roy

Lucinda Roy is an award-winning novelist, poet and memoirist, and a lifelong advocate for diversity and inclusion.

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Carmen Méndez

Founder and Managing Director of More Than Support, a disability services agency providing support to people with physical and mental disabilities.

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Nicola Yoon

Nicola Yoon is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of “Everything, Everything” and “The Sun Is Also a Star,” both of which have been adapted into major motion pictures, as well as “Instructions for Dancing.”

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