Award-winning writer Cheri Rae leads Parent Empowerment Seminars, and shares her advocacy expertise at DyslexiaLand.com. While serving as a consultant to the Santa Barbara Unified School District, Cheri established a Parent Resource Center, monthly Dyslexia Dialogues and a Distinguished Dyslexic Speaker Series. She was named a Local Hero by the Santa Barbara Independent for her fearless efforts on behalf of students with dyslexia, and awarded a Resolution from the California State Assembly for her dyslexia work. DyslexiaLand is a collection of hard-won wisdom over the course of ten years of advoacy for children with dyslexia, beginning with her own son. Cheri continues to work with parents to help them advocate for their dyslexic children, writes articles, and shares the trials and tribulations of DyslexiaLand as a public speaker. Her dyslexia-related assemblage art has been featured in several galleries, and she is currently working on a photographic project: 1 in 5: The Face of Dyslexia. Learn more at DyslexiaLand.com Liz Taylor is an illustrator, cartoonist and storyteller. Her work brings a smile, and sometimes a tear, by telling stories through whimsical pictures and characters, as she has created for DyslexiaLand. Much of her work explores the challenges children face in school: feeling overlooked and misunderstood, overcoming learning differences, and social issues like friendship difficulties. She often communicates her ideas about school experiences through the tools children use to learn, like books and school supplies. As the parent of a dyslexic child, Liz lent her artistic talents to support the campaign that promoted passage of the first dyslexia law in the state of Arizona in 2015. Her illustration, A Day in the Life of a Courageous Dyslexic Student, received national recognition by the advocacy groups Bright Solutions for Dyslexia and The Dyslexic Advantage. Liz resides in Phoenix, AZ with her husband and two neurologically diverse children. Her work can be found on Instagram at @liztaylorcreative or a liztaylorcreative.com Peggy Stern, Harvard-educated, Academy Award-winning producer/director and creator of Dyslexiaville and the Super d! Show is dyslexic, and is the mother of a dyslexic daughter.