Adora Svitak is only 12 years only and has already become quite a literary giant. She grew up in Springfield, Illinois and her mother was a Chinese immigrant. Her father works as a software engineer and this is how she got her first computer at the age of 4. Svitak’s speaking career took off when she gave a TED Talk in 2010. The title of her talk was “What Adults Can Learn From Kids” and has received over 4 million views. She has also featured as the closing keynote speaker at InforCom 2013 in Calcutta, India. In 2015 Syitak addressed the United States’ National School Boards Association in what was called an “Un-General” session. This was followed up with an longer extended session of encouragement of writing and reading and its relevance to students. She also played a crucial role in organized the annual TEDx conference with an all-youth planning committee. It was held at the Microsoft Conerence Center in Redmond, WA with over 700 people in attendance. She also writes. She has a published full-length novel, Yang in Disguise, which she began in 2006 and published on March 14th, 2011. She is an inspiration for me because to see someone her age make such a large impact reinforces that I am never to young to make an impact.