2020 Keynote: Natalie Dias Lorenzi

Room 301 A/B/C

We’ll start the day with keynote speaker, Natalie Dias Lorenzi. Author of the books Flying the Dragon and A Long Pitch Home. Natalie became a book lover early in life, listening to picture books read aloud on her mother's lap each night, then later reading on her own by flashlight under the covers with Nancy Drew books. She has been an educator for over 20 years in the U.S., Italy, and Japan. She has taught Kindergarten,1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grades as a classroom teacher and worked with new learners of English in grades 1 to 6 as an ESOL specialist. She was a school librarian for six years and is currently an elementary school assistant principal in Fairfax County, Virginia. Learn more about Natalie at her website, http://www.nataliediaslorenzi.com/. Natalie's books will be available for sale and signing during the lunch break.