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Rania Zuri

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General information

Hobbies & Interests

  • Advocacy And Activism
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Education
  • Community Service And Volunteering
  • Volunteering
  • Reading

Reading

  • Classics

I read books daily.

Bio

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 School

2020 – 2024

Miscellaneous

Desired degree level:
Bachelor's degree program
Majors of interest:
Political Science and Government

Career

  • 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

Miscellaneous

Dream career field:
Public Policy
Dream career goals:
US Secretary of Education or Director of National Head Start
Has nursing license:
No

Future Interests

  • Advocacy
  • Politics
  • Volunteering
  • Philanthropy
  • Entrepreneurship
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