Melissa Lent is a researcher and multimedia specialist for Center for an Urban Future. Prior to CUF, she was an apprentice for the Shelter in Place podcast, where she acted as an associate producer and project manager. She has also taught media studies for her alma mater CUNY Hunter College.

Alana Herlands is a multimedia producer who has pitched, scripted, researched, and interviewed for documentary shorts, the Behind the Cover weekly video series at the New York Times Magazine, and podcast episodes at Shelter in Place podcast, including a series on vaccine hesitancy.

Winnie Shi comes from a math and business education background and is always looking for new creative interests to express herself. Through running her own podcast and working as an apprentice at Shelter in Place, she has worked to find her voice as a female.

Elen Tekle is a production coordinator and amateur podcaster based in Los Angeles. She has worked in various media outlets, from documentary and digital media to TV and app-based content. She recently ventured into audio storytelling after completing an apprenticeship with the podcast Shelter in Place.

Shweta Watwe is an associate producer for the ACLU's podcast, At Liberty. Before joining the ACLU, she was part of Shelter in Place's spring cohort, where she learned to aim her writing and research skills towards podcast and audio production. She also has experience in exhibit design and history.