Judith Gomila, a New Orleans native, is a Marianite Sister of Holy Cross. She holds a master's in theology and religious studies from St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada.  She began her service to the church as a classroom teacher, then as a director of parish religious education. She has ministered in the inner city, on the bayou, and in the Alaskan bush. She is on the board of Project Lazarus, which works to heal and empower persons living with HIV/AIDS, and on the board of the Clarion Herald's Catholic news and evangelization efforts.

John Chukwu is a Nigerian freelance journalist reporting on politics, climate and environmental justice, health, technology, media, development and human rights across sub-Saharan Africa. His work, often focused on grassroots voices and underreported communities, has appeared in several international publications. Follow him on X.

Maria Luisa Mesina is a missionary with the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity.  She holds a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the Verbum Dei Institute in Madrid, and a Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. For more than 40 years, she has served in Spain, Italy, Mexico and the Philippines. Her missionary life is rooted in prayer, the ministry of the Word and testimony of life. She has led retreats, offered spiritual accompaniment, given conferences and provided formations for missionaries and lay, and lectured in theology.

Gloria Cecilia Narváez nació en el seno de una familia católica en la ciudad de Buesaco, Colombia, el 25 de septiembre de 1961. Ingresó en el año 1979 a la comunidad religiosa Franciscana de María Inmaculada, y se desempeñó, desde su consagración en Ecuador y Colombia, como maestra de primaria. También trabajó junto a los indígenas. La religiosa trabajó también para la pastoral de México. En 2004 por voluntad de Dios y sus superioras fue enviada a Benín  y en 2010 recibió una nueva obediencia para ir a Malí, ambos países en África Occidental.