Allison Matulli, J.D., M.Ed. is a legal scholar, renowned children’s author, and education reform activist. She is the founder of The Little Lawyers — an organization that excites and empowers children to learn the law and is a Criminal Justice adjunct professor at Florida International University (FIU). Allison Matulli made history as the first-ever FIU instructor to be awarded the renowned Global Fulbright Scholar Award. As part of her fellowship, Global Fulbright Scholar Matulli will be conducting research in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Italy on global speech rights with a focus on digital citizenship and youth online and off campus speech. 

Allison is the author of Your Freedom, Your Power: A Kid’s Guide to the First Amendment (written with Clelia Castro-Malaspina and illustrated by Carmelle Kendall) which continues to receive strong reviews, including a starred review from Booklist. The book has garnered broad interest by educators, free speech advocates, and was just named a Junior Library Guild Selection and Chicago Public Library’s BEST BOOKS OF 2023. She is also the author of I Am Because We Are and another picture book, forthcoming from Disney. Allison is gracing the recent cover of Legacy Magazine (in the Miami Herald) as an honoree for MIAMI’s MOST PROMINENT BLACK WOMEN ON BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY FOR 2023! She has been featured as a keynote speaker in various events including roundtables sponsored by the New York Times, and has been a contributing writer to Education Week and more. Most recently, Allison Matulli was honored as one of South Florida’s Most Prominent & Influential Black Business Leaders of 2024 by Miami Media Group celebrating Black Excellence.