Katie Garner, M.Ed., author of Secret Stories® Cracking the Reading Code with the Brain in Mind, is an international keynote speaker, author and educator with 30 years of experience and a passion for infusing neuroscience into literacy and learning. Katie's “backdoor to the brain” approach using neuroscience to deliver phonics faster has become a cornerstone of science of reading-based instruction and professional development for teachers. Her dynamic presentations spotlight evidence-based strategies for boosting existing curriculum with neural research on how our brain learns best. Katie’s practical and research-proven methods have been the subject of both lecture and panel discussions at Harvard University and MIT, as well as numerous journal articles and publications. Her Facebook Group, Science of Reading Meets Science of Learning is a popular learning hub for over 150k+ educators from around the world and provides access to free instructional resources in the group files, bit.ly/SoRgroup.