Interview with Kyle Zimmer, CEO & Co-Founder of First Book

I’m sitting down with Kyle Zimmer, Co-founder, President, and CEO of First Book—a nonprofit that has transformed the way children in low-income communities access education. Since 1992, First Book has distributed over 250 million books and resources (worth more than $2 billion!) to kids who need them most. With a network of 600,000+ educators and advocates, Kyle and her team are reaching 6.5 million children every year—and they’re just getting started. In this conversation, Kyle shares her journey from attorney to social entrepreneur, the impact of empowering teachers with culturally relevant materials, and how First Book is working to close the educational equity gap for all 27 million children in need across the U.S. 📚✨ If you’re passionate about kids, literacy, and changing the future through the power of stories, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.