Katie Garner, M.Ed. (author of Secret Stories® Cracking the Reading Code with the Brain in Mind) is an international keynote speaker and literacy consultant with thirty years of experience working in classrooms around the world, and a passion for infusing neuroscience into literacy and learning. Katie's “backdoor to the brain” approach to fast-tracking phonics skills for reading shifts the paradigms associated with traditional literacy instruction. Her fast-paced, dynamic presentations spotlight strategies for boosting existing reading curriculum with science of reading-based practices that align with the brain’s system for learning. Katie's practical and proven methods for bringing neuroscience into the forefront of literacy and learning have been shared in lecture and panel discussion at Harvard University and MIT and have been the subject of numerous professional journal articles and publications. Her Facebook Group, Science of Reading Meets Science of Learning is a literacy learning hub for 80,000+ educators, providing access to free instructional resources.