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Advocacy And Activism
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Reading
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I read books daily
Rania Zuri
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Rania Zuri is the founder and CEO of The LiTEArary Society, the world’s largest youth-led nonprofit organization working to end book deserts for disadvantaged preschool children. To date, The LiTEArary Society has donated more than $423,000 worth of brand new books to over 36,000 disadvantaged preschool children in all 50 states. The LiTEArary Society has partnerships and has received funding from Scholastic, Inc., Barnes & Noble, Hershey’s, Pilot Pens, and Starbucks.
For her work in early childhood literacy, she has been featured on Good Morning America, Forbes, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, The Today Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, NPR, Fox News, Teen Vogue, and more.
She was named by Forbes as one of "Six Teens Making the World a Better Place” in 2022 and made the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2024 as the youngest CEO on the entire list.
She is the youngest author of a US Senate Resolution and has written a children’s picture book series (sold in-store at select Barnes & Noble stores) where 100% of the profits go to the purchase of brand-new Scholastic books for preschool children in Head Start programs.
Education
Morgantown High School
High SchoolMiscellaneous
Desired degree level:
Bachelor's degree program
Majors of interest:
- Political Science and Government
Career
Dream career field:
Public Policy
Dream career goals:
US Secretary of Education or Director of National Head Start
For my work in early childhood literacy and education, I was featured on Good Morning America, Forbes, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, The Today Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, NPR, Fox News, and more.
The LiTEArary Society2021 – Present3 yearsUNA-USA Global Goals Ambassador for the UN Sustainable Development Goal of a Quality Education (SDG 4), 1 year Fellowship term
United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA)2023 – 20241 yearIntern in the Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology
Smithsonian2022 – 20231 year2 op-eds for Teen Vogue, 1 op-ed for NBC News Online, 2 poems published in Appalachian Journal and the Northern Appalachian Review
Writer (Journalism) and Poet for Teen Vogue and NBC News ONline2022 – Present2 yearsTEDx Speaker, April 2022, topic: Ending Book Deserts, TEDx talk has over 42,000 views on TED.com/Youtube combined NPR Speaker/Guest on NPR 1A for over 4 million listeners live April 2023 NPR Speaker on NPR’s Inside Appalachia, February 2023
Public Speaker2022 – Present2 yearsMy bipartisan US Senate Resolution established a commemorative day on October 20th called “National Early Childhood Literacy Awareness Day,” which passed on the Senate floor with unanimous consent.
Youngest Author of a United States Senate Resolution in US History.2022 – Present2 years
Research
Education, General
WVU — Researcher2022 – 2023
Arts
Appalachian children’s picture book series (3 books- World of Billy Bob Series)
Illustration2020 – Present
Public services
Volunteering
The LiTEArary Society — Founder and CEO of The LiTEArary Society- donated more than $423,000 worth of brand new books to over 36,000 disadvantaged preschool children in all 50 states.2019 – Present