Peggy Stern

Peggy Stern is an Academy Award-winning film Producer/Director with more than 30 years experience. Her dyslexia led her to filmmaking and animation at a young age, and in March 2006 Stern won the Oscar for Best Animated Short. Stern has produced for PBS, HBO, Teachers College at Columbia University, The National PTA, and National YWCA among others. She received her BA from Harvard University and her senior thesis film STEPHANIE, was turned into a PBS documentary special and broadcasted nationally. SuperDville is a family affair, as her dyslexic daughter Emma has been a key advisor! Since the launch of SuperDville, Peggy has spoken at a number of webinars and podcasts, including the Dyslexia Narrative Conference, the Dyslexia Training Institute Virtual Conference, Learning Ally's Spotlight on Early Literacy Virtual Conference, Embracing the Whole Child with Punkinfutz, The Virtual Summer Dyslexia Institute Conference, The Pakistan Grower's Circle Webinar, Denver Courage to Risk Conference, Stand Up LD Panel Discussion, and the UK Rebel Voices Virtual International Dyslexia Conference.