Thank you for your interest in Worldreader. We’ve assembled resources for journalists below. If you would like further information or an interview with a member of our team, please contact Wendi Yen Huestis, Chief Advancement Officer at comms@worldreader.org.
November 2023 – San Francisco / Hong Kong In a strategic joint effort to fight the global learning crisis and…
Worldreader and The Catherine Mayer Foundation join forces to harness the power of creativity and the visual arts to get…
September 8, 2023 – San Francisco, California. Worldreader, a global nonprofit committed to getting children reading in under-resourced communities worldwide,…
May 3, 2023 – San Francisco, California. International nonprofit Worldreader is proud to announce the selection of the Let’s Get…
Changing the landscape of family engagement with BookSmart. Statewide, nearly half of Florida 4th graders started the school year without…
With BookSmart, Nelly dreams big while learning important values. Nelly’s mother, Lydia, had struggled to find suitable reading materials for…
Deploying design-based, mixed-methods research, the EdTech Hub study Raising Readers (Phase 1) explores how BookSmart can be best used to…
November 2023 – San Francisco / Hong Kong In a strategic joint effort to fight the global learning crisis and…
Worldreader gets children reading so they can reach their potential. We are an international nonprofit organization working with partners to get children reading at least 25 books a year with understanding, because regular reading improves reading comprehension, social-emotional learning, and digital literacy. Since 2010, Worldreader has supported more than 22 million readers in over 100 countries. Worldreader is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and has offices in Barcelona, Lima, Accra, Nairobi, Atlanta, and Delhi.
Vision
Readers build a better world.
Mission
Worldreader gets children reading so they can reach their potential.
Values
Boldness
Respect
Talent
Collaboration
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Here you’ll find all of the tools and guidance you need to truly represent the Worldreader brand.
If you would like to interview someone from Worldreader’s leadership team, please contact us at comms@worldreader.org
Rebecca Chandler Leege
Chief Executive Officer
Shannon Atkinson
Chief Financial & Human Resources Officer
Deborah Backus
Chief Design Officer
Wendi Yen Huestis
Chief Advancement Officer
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