Cultivating, young writers, speakers , and thinkers.

Doug Keller is the Founder and Executive Director of Big Class. After studying film and writing at Emerson College in Boston, Doug worked in film development with Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films in Los Angeles and Elephant Eye Films in New York, and as a contributing writer to The Onion. In 2009, he moved to New Orleans to teach elementary school. He started Big Class in late 2010 as a classroom project. The organization has since grown to serve over 1500 students across the city a year, and will become the first southern chapter of the acclaimed 826 National network in January. In addition to his work with Big Class, Doug is a freelance writer, a teacher consultant for the Greater New Orleans Writing Project, and a teacher leader for the SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum. He was named to Gambit's 40 Under 40, class of 2017.