Edith Eger was 16 when her family was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. At age 90 she wrote 'The Choice' to tell her story and help others.

Edith Eva Eger, 91, on surviving the Holocaust and overcoming hate

Emily Skrutskie is a Los Angeles-based author of “The Abyss Surrounds Us” and its sequel, “The Edge of the Abyss,” and the stand-alone novel “Hull Metal Girls.” Her next novel, “Bonds of Brass,” will be published in the spring of 2020.

Kiersten White is local to San Diego. She’s The New York Times best-selling author of numerous books for young readers, including the “And I Darken” trilogy, “The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein,” the Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels “Slayer” and “Chosen,” and the upcoming “The Guinevere Deception.”

LIVE with authors Kiersten White and Emily Skrutskie at the San Diego Festival of Books

Last November, editorial cartoonist Steve Breen began a series of trips to Tijuana, Mexico, to meet the migrants at the center of national debates on immigration and the asylum process. His drawings became an illustrated and animated series called "Drawn to America."

Watch all 10 episodes of "Drawn to America," here: https://bit.ly/2ltWYZt

Why cartoonist Steve Breen illustrated the migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border

Lemon Grove native Lalo Alcaraz has long been an advocate for better representation of Latinos in America. Now, it's his day job. 

He got his start as an editorial cartoonist at San Diego State University's student newspaper The Daily Aztec before going on to create the first nationally-syndicated, politically-themed Latino daily comic strip, "La Cucaracha." More recently, he’s worked as a cultural consultant on the Pixar film “Coco” and the upcoming animated Nickelodeon show, “The Casagrandes.”

Lalo Alcaraz talks 'La Cucaracha', Latino representation, working for Nickelodeon

Clovis Honoré is president of the San Diego branch of the NAACP. The San Diego branch of the NAACP is celebrating 100 years this year and we wanted to get to know the man leading it in this era. 

Clovis is also San Diego State University grad. We talked about his leadership locally and how the NAACP maintained its relevance all these years.

San Diego branch president Clovis Honoré on the NAACP's relevance 100 years later

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