Joanna Kozakiewicz is a Catholic freelance writer and journalist for Global Sisters Report. She has a bachelor of arts degree from McGill University, a communications diploma and a design certificate.

She specializes in Catholic communications for nonprofit organizations. Her articles have been published in Our Sunday Visitor (Radiant) and The Catholic Register. Before joining GSR, she worked as a writer and photographer for a nonprofit organization in Canada.

Anne Lyons was born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland, where she completed her primary and high school studies with the Presentation Sisters. In 1970, she joined the Union of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She has ministered in Ireland, the U.S., Pakistan, Cambodia and Rome. In July 2023, she completed required studies and was officially recognized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints as congregational postulator.  

Sr. Odilia Wonondo is from Malawi. She is one of ten siblings and completed her early education in the districts of Blantyre and Zomba. After training as a primary school teacher at Providence Teachers Training College, she briefly taught at Nguludi Girls Primary School. She later joined the Congregation of The Daughters of Wisdom. She studied in London, obtaining a postgraduate diploma in education and a Bachelor of Arts in theology. Upon returning to Malawi, she made her final vows and taught for 42 years until her retirement in 2001.