M. Eliatamby-O'Brien (they/them), Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the English Department at Central Washington University trained in interdisciplinary, Cultural Studies methods, and directs the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. Their research focuses on the experiences of gender, sexual, and racially-minoritized forced migrants through engagement with digital life narratives, digital storytelling, and multimodal rhetorics.

Griff Tester (he/him), Ph.D., is a Professor in the Sociology Department at Central Washington University and program faculty in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. His research focuses on sexuality, gender, and gerontology, specifically the social ties and support relationships of queer and transgender adults in later life.

Jasmine Borland (she/her/they/them) is an undergraduate student at Central Washington University majoring in psychology and minoring in sociology. They aspire to become a community psychologist so they can have a career building community health and prosperity, social justice and action, and first-order change/preventative health measures. It is important to Jasmine that repressed voices are given spaces to express themselves fully. She is happy to support a project that does just that as well as fosters community building.