Tembi Locke is a TV producer, actor, author and screenwriter with a passion for connecting with an audience both on the page and on the screen. Her memoir, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home is a 2019 Reese’s Book Club pick and New York Times bestseller, and she is currently adapting the book as a limited series for Netflix with Hello Sunshine. She is an accomplished actor with over sixty film and television credits, currently recurring on Never Have I Ever. Offscreen, Tembi is a nationally recognized speaker for her keynotes on resilience, loss, and motherhood; her TEDX talk has been viewed by individuals and nonprofits worldwide. Through her work, she aims to inspire people to embrace resilience, love, and the power of community.