Houston Kraft

Houston is a speaker, author, and kindness advocate who has spoken at over 600 schools or events internationally. He is the co-founder of CharacterStrong, which provides curriculum and training to over 3000 schools in all 50 states and 11 countries. In 2019, his face was featured on Lays BBQ chip bags as someone who helps "spread smiles.” In 2020 his first book, Deep Kindness (Simon & Schuster, Tiller Press), was published. His mom is his hero and her best life lesson is to “hug like you mean it.”