Lore Raymond coauthored seven books including Midlife Transformations and 365 Life Shifts. She teaches writing at Eckerd College, Keep St. Pete Lit, and the Metta Center. For thirteen years, her monthly Divine Dialogue Writing Circle has empowered writers to explore issues of inner healing.

Alicia Anabel Santos is an Afrolatina lesbian writer, producer, activist, and priestess. Founder of the NYC Latina Writers Group, providing workshops for writers of color, Santos has published the memoir Finding Your Force: A Journey to Love, and can be found teaching writing to senior citizens in New York.

Tawni Waters is the author of two novels, The Long Ride Home and Beauty of the Broken, which won the International Literacy Association’s Award for Young Adult Literature. She is also the author of a book of poems, Siren Song. She teaches writing throughout the US, Europe, and Mexico.

Shawna Ayoub Ainslie teaches expressive writing for trauma release and recovery to survivors of violence and US veterans through the Center for Creative Writing and Ivy Tech Community College. She puts her work into practice as an essayist published in HuffPo, Medium, and The Manifest-Station.

Alexis Donkin, the daughter of two ministers, has authored twenty books including Thrive: How I Became a Superhero, and Six Degrees of Separation: 42 Days Through Faith. World travels and a cum laude degree in Peace & Conflict Studies inform her writing and Christian intuitive life coaching.