Ramón H. Rivera-Servera is an award-winning author and professor of performance studies and art theory and practice at Northwestern University. He is author and coeditor of numerous books on Latinx and Black performance.

Charles Rice-González is an assistant professor at Hostos Community College/CUNY. His novel, Chulito, received recognitions from ALA and the National Book Critics Circle. His MFA is from Goddard College, he cofounded BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, and he's a published/produced playwright.

Virginia Grise is a recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award, Princess Grace Award in Theatre Directing, and the Yale Drama Series Award. Her published work includes Your Healing Is Killing Me, blu, and The Panza Monologues. She earned her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.

A self-taught Chicano joto playwright, poet, and storyteller, Jesús Alonzo explores issues of identity as they relate to race, culture, class, education, immigration, gender, and sexual orientation. He is the author of Jotos del Barrio, Miss América: A Mexicanito Fairies Tale, and The After-Life.

Christina Quintana (CQ) is a writer with Cuban and Louisiana roots. Her plays include Scissoring, Citizen Scientist, Azul, and Evensong, developed/produced by EST, Southern Rep, INTAR, and The Lark, among others. She is a WP Lab member and staff writer for the ABC series, The Baker and the Beauty.