PSTA 2025 Conference October 12-13th, 2025

Meet Our Keynote Speaker

Stephen Ritz

Stephen Ritz is an internationally acclaimed educator, author of best-selling book, The Power Of A Plant and Founder of Green Bronx Machine. Known as the Child-Whisperer, America's favorite teacher, and 2015 Top Ten Finalist for the Global Teacher Prize, Stephen is responsible for creating the first edible classroom in the world. He and his students have grown more than 350,000 pounds of vegetables in the South Bronx, were celebrated at the Obama White House three times, have been featured on the cover of TIME for KIDS, and are the subject of a new, full-feature, award-winning documentary, Generation Growth.

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