Ana Menéndez is the author of four books of fiction: In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd, Loving Che, The Last War, and Adios, Happy Homeland! A former Fulbright Scholar in Egypt, she has worked as a teacher and reporter in the US and abroad. She is now a program director at FIU in Miami.

Mia Leonin has published a memoir and four collections of poetry, most recently, Fable of the Pack-Saddle Child, an illustrated, book-length poem. Her poems appears in numerous journals such as New Letters, Prairie Schooner, and Guernica. She teaches creative writing at the University of Miami.

Sandra M. Castillo is a Cuban American writer whose work explores issues of memory, history, gender, and language, reflecting a personal vision tied primarily by history. She teaches at Miami Dade College.