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.

• 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.

  Broadcast Media · The LiTEArary Society

  Jan 2021 – Present

• UNA-USA Global Goals Ambassador for the UN Sustainable Development Goal of a Quality Education (SDG 4), 1 year Fellowship term

  Government Relations · United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA)

  Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

• Intern in the Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology

  Education · Smithsonian

  Jan 2022 – Jan 2023

• 2 op-eds for Teen Vogue, 1 op-ed for NBC News Online, 2 poems published in Appalachian Journal and the Northern Appalachian Review

  Writing and Editing · Writer (Journalism) and Poet for Teen Vogue and NBC News ONline

  Jan 2022 – Present

• TEDx 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

  Government Administration · Public Speaker

  Jan 2022 – Present

• My 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.

  Public Policy · Youngest Author of a United States Senate Resolution in US History.

  Jan 2022 – Present

• Advocacy
• Politics
• Volunteering
• Philanthropy
• Entrepreneurship

• Researcher

  WVU · Education, General

  2022 – 2023

  Research topic:

  Early Childhood Literacy

• Author and Illustrator of a children’s book series- Sold in-store at Barnes and Noble stores (in WV, KY, and TN), US National Parks, and Amazon 100% of profits from the book series go towards the purchase of new books for disadvantaged preschool children)

  Appalachian children’s picture book series (3 books- World of Billy Bob Series) · Illustration

  2020 – Present

• 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.

  Volunteering · The LiTEArary Society

  2019 – Present

  Mission:

  he LiTEArary Society, the world’s largest youth-led nonprofit organization working to end book deserts for disadvantaged preschool children