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Suzanne Skjold

Suzanne Skjold is the executive director of Hawaii Literacy and an Omidyar Fellow. Her work is dedicated to furthering programs and policies that improve literacy, education, justice, and opportunity.
The Cost of Being Illiterate: $800,000 Flickr: takomabibelot

The Cost of Being Illiterate: $800,000

National Literacy Month should remind us that people who are unable to read endure shame, lower incomes and an array of daily risks and dangers.