Adora Svitak @adorasv Wise Beyond Her Years

This Friday Adora Svitak, 13 years old, will be getting a major award from the National Education Association.

The NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education
Adora Svitak
Author, Educator, Global Activist

Although Adora Svitak has shared the spotlight with celebrities such as James Earl Jones at the National Center for Family Literacy’s annual convention, her message reaches far beyond literacy advocacy circles. She could read and write simple words at age two and a half, wrote short stories at age four, and published her first book at age seven.

In addition to being a published author, Svitak is an educator and global activist. Hoping to instill her love of learning in other children, she taught her first class at a local school—Horace Mann Elementary―the year her book debuted. Since then, she has spoken at hundreds of schools and classrooms around the world.

Now 13, Adora the activist promotes four causes—literacy, learning, youth leadership, and world hunger. She has also been a Youth Ambassador for Save the Children.


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