Elizabeth Cohen is associate professor of English at SUNY Plattsburgh and the coeditor with Kate Moses of Saranac Review. The author of five books of poetry, a memoir, and a book of short stories, Cohen teaches poetry and autobiographical writing. She holds an MFA from Columbia University.

Tanya Ward Goodman is the author of the award-winning memoir Leaving Tinkertown. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous publications including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Coast magazine, Luxe, Fourth River, and Variable West. She is working on a second memoir.

Carmen Rita Wong is the author of Why Didn’t You Tell Me?: A Memoir. She is a former TV host, advice columnist, and professor. Carmen was vice chair of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and board director at The Moth. She also hosts a podcast, is a novelist, and is working on book six.

Dr. Cheryl Jordan is the founder of U.magine Performance Consulting, a leadership development organization, and author of the international bestseller Hang On Tight. Pray.: A Journey from Perfection to Peace. Her memoir was featured in Ebony magazine in March 2023. She currently resides in Atlanta.

Lori Arviso Alvord, MD, is a surgeon and the author of The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing (Random House,1999), which won the Will Solimene Award for Excellence from the American Medical Writers Association in 1999 and is still in print.